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Supercenter will drawshoppers
The citys Planning Depart-
ment has completed its final re
`IYS to be an ex-
going g
now.
view of the project and will rec-
tremely high -quality proj-
"I think it will work out well
orimend the P&Z board approve
ect. I hope that we're go-
he said.
the Wal-Mart Supercenter devel-
ing to be approved by the
On the other side of the coinis
opment on the northeast corner
(Fort Collins) planning
Sierra Club conservation chair -
of the : Lemay Avenue and Mul-
board, but I Wouldn't
man Ramon Ajero. .
berry Street
Last ' April, voters approved
make any predictions. 9
"Our concerns fall into three
general categories: impacts to the
preliminary plans for the project
Mark Goldberg,
Poudre'River Basin, impacts on
through a citizen -initiated i allot
project's developer
traffic congestion and taxpayer
item after the project was i-egect-
subsidies in the form of infra-
ed by the phnning board and the
-
structure,"Ajero said.
City Council.
Ted Shepard, chief planner for '
. highuality project," said Mark
;Goldberg, president of Goldberg
" There's 'a huge amount of fill
that is required to bring that site
the city, declined to comment on
"Property "I hope.that we're going ;:.out
of the floodplain," Ajero said.
whether he thinks the P&Z board
to be approved by. the planning.
"We are just perpetuating the no -
will accept his department's rec-
board but I wouldmake any
wouldn't make
lion that we can do whatever we
ommendation in favor of the pro
p redic"
want within the floodplain. When
ject.
He blamed "technical misinter-
are we going to learn our lesson?"
"Our staff report is out," Shep- .:
and said. "It's all there in writing." ...
pretations" and communication
problems on the earlier denials of
Ajero also was quick to point to
a 1998 report by the Colorado
The staffs report concludes the
the project.
Public Interest, . Research Group
project's plans satisfy "all devel- '
One of the site's closest neigh-
that gave ; the >Mulberry-Lemay
opment criteria" of the citys re-
bors is Supermarket Liquors at
Crossings project an "honorable
quirements for a regional shop-
1300 E. Mulberry St. Its manag-
mention" award as part of its Top
ping center as well as other city
land The
er, ,Jake Kershner, said the pro-
"O
10 Sprawl of Shame listing.
-use regulations. report
jest should be approved'*
"Obviously the people want to
As part of the development,
Goldberg Property will spend $3
a see it here," he said.
deve
million on road and traffic im-
.' With the majority of recent -
rovements It also will th
p give e
center developments' city $200,000 to construct pedes-
in south Fort Collins, :'." trian/bicycle paths around the
hopes the Wal-Mart" shopping center.
Shop
site z
By DAVID RUISARD ",k
The Coloradoan I
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The publicity machines
for and against tho Mulber-
i ry-Lemay Crossings project
are gearing up for a Fort
Collins Planning & Zoning
Board hearing on the devel-
opment.
First out of the gate was
the property's Denver -based
developer, Goldberg Proper-
ty Associates. The company
sent out a mailing inform-
ing residents of the public
hearing's time, date and
place.
It, also urged interested
parties to write the plan-
ning board and' the Col-
oradoan in support of the
375,000-square-foot shop-
ping complex. What's next
"The voters have spoken,
so now that it is in for final The Planning& Zon-
review, it will hopefully sail ing Board will hold a
though,".`said Mike Burns -public healing on the` "r
who is handling local public- Mulberry-Lemay Cross-
ity for Goldberg Property. ings project at 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 20 at City Hall.
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