HomeMy WebLinkAboutPVH HEALTH SYSTEMS, HARMONY CAMPUS - ODP - 32-98 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITY STAFF (5)5. Preliminary evaluation of the Harmony Road improvements and design suggest that
you will need to provide and/or design for two 12-foot left turn lanes (to southbound
Timberline Road), three 12-footthru lanes, a 12-footacceleration/deceleration lane,
a 10-foot bike lane, a 4-foot paved shoulder with no curb and gutter, a 10-foot
landscaped parkway (most of it will likely be a borrow ditch), and an 8-foot
meandering sidewalk.
6. When designing for the Harmony Road improvements, both interim and ultimate,
be sure that the provisions regarding the recovery area on the shoulders of
Harmony Road are taken into consideration. The State Highway Access Code has
cross slope requirements. Please reference this document.
7. The City requires intersection improvements.at the intersection of Harmony Road
and Timberline Road. Both developments (Harmony Village and PVH) are
responsible for these improvements. Therefore, it is the recommendation of City
staff that you coordinate your design with JR Engineering and include the design
in the set of utility plans for each development. We would like to see the design of
the intersection cover the following area:
a. east leg - 1000 feet,
b. north leg - to Milestone Drive,
C. west leg - 1000 feet,
d. and south leg - to the main entrance to both projects.
8. You will not be permitted to build the west access on Harmony until the Harmony
Road Access Control Plan is amended. This can and most likely will take a
considerable amount of time to complete. You may show the access on the utility
plans and design for it, but indicate that it is a "potential future access" incase the
amendment is not approved.
9. The main entrance into the PVH site will need to be perpendicular to Timberline
Road. This will need to be modified on both the utility plans and the site plan.
Once again, the above comments are currently the main issues City staff recognizes from the
conceptual drawings at this time. More formal and detailed comments will be made once the utility
plans are submitted for review. I hope this letter addresses the issues you were intending it to. If
you need clarification on anything, or have any additional questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact me at 221-6605.
Sin re ,
Tim R. Blandford
Engineering Department
City of Fort Collins
cc: Leanne Harter, City Planner
Eric Bracke, Traffic Systems Technician
Kathleen Reavis, Transportation Planner II
Tess Jones, CDOT
Matt Baker, SID Coordinator
Transpor' 'on Services
Engineering Department
"ity of Fort Collins
June 29, 1998
Ms. Theresa Michalak
The Sear -Brown Group
209 South Meldrum
Fort Collins, CO 80521-2603
Re: Poudre Valley Hospital Roadway Improvements
Dear Theresa:
This letter is in response to the meeting City of Fort Collins' staff had with Tess Jones from the
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Thursday, June 25, 1998. The items that we
discussed were the necessary roadway improvements required of this development along Harmony
Road and Timberline Road. Please be aware that the items listed below are preliminary concerns
based on the conceptual drawings your office submitted. We will make more formal comments
once your office officially submits the utility plans for review and you have provided a traffic impact
study.
The following is a list of comments and concerns made by City staff:
1. Please submit a Traffic Impact Study so accurate lane lengths, storage lengths,
taper lengths, lane configurations, etc. can be determined.
2. An amendment to the A -Line needs to be completed for each access point along
Harmony Road. The amendment needs to be completed and approved before the
City will issue a building permit. This includes Timberline Road since the PVH
development is modifying the access. The Developer will coordinate this process
with the State. I would suggest starting this process as early as possible due to the
length of time it takes to complete. The A -Line needs amending before the State
approves the access point(s) shown on the utility plans.
3. The west access (on Harmony Road) into the site will be limited to a right-in/right-
out only.
4. The Harmony Village project to the west of this site has tentatively provided an
acceptable design (conceptual only at this point) of Harmony Road. The PVH
development will need to consider this design when designing their necessary
improvements. Currently, the Harmony Road improvements along the frontage of
the Harmony Village site are based from the north edge of the existing median. The
ultimate cross section at the intersection of Timberline and Harmony will include the
following: a 7-foot median, two 12-foot left turn lanes, three 12-foot through lanes,
a 6-foot bike lane (between the thru lane and the right turn lane and 10 feet along
the edge of the road), a 12-foot right turn lane, a 4-foot paved shoulder with no curb
and gutter, a 10-foot wide landscaped parkway (most of it will likely be a borrow
ditch), and a meandering sidewalk. I would suggest that you contact Dave
Klockeman at JR Engineering to coordinate designs.
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