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PDP Comments — Engineering
All planning issues have been addressed in full with the clarifications
indicated in Overall Issues above. See Civil Comment letter for specific
engineering responses.
PDP Comments — Water/Wastewater
a. Standard notes have been included on both landscape plans.
b.- o. See Civil comments.
P. There are two limited areas within the first phase of berming
along Harmony Road where the berms height has been increased
from 30" to 36" directly above the water main. These two areas
have been indicated on the landscape plans.
PDP Comments — Poudre Fire Authority
a. All buildings will be sprinklered. Also refer to Overall Issue #2
above.
C. Done. Address numerals will be indicated on architectural
construction drawings.
d. Done.
This concludes our comment responses. Please feel free to call if you have any
questions or need additional clarification.
Sincerely,
bha design inc. by
Ange Milewski
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1., M. See Issue 2 above.
n. Done.
o. AKA investigated using 1/z" brick as the screenwall material to match
the building. This is not feasible due to the 100 mph wind load in
Colorado. The screenwall structure will deflect in the wind, causing
cracking in the brick. AKA recommends adding exterior insulation and
finish system (EIFS) to the metal deck screenwall material. The color
will match the brick field color (the building has colored brick bands, as
shown on the previous submittal).
AKA has resubmitted the MOB building elevations, the image and
shadow analysis to show the following changes to the building design:
- Added a screenwall on the east side of the ACC. This screenwall
encloses an emergency generator and two air-conditioning units
dedicated to the Data Center.
- Revised the MOB Canopy to further protect the building entrance.
We have also enhanced the building detailing, including brick
pilasters stepped out from the plane of the wall, and additional brick
banding. We believe you will agree that these changes improve the
building design.
PDP Comments — Transportation Planning
The private loop road has been designed with a 32-foot cross-section
(two 10-foot travel lanes and two 6-foot bike lanes) as indicated in the
November 13, 1998 letter from Tim Blandford and the Engineering
Department.
2. See Civil Comments.
3. See Overall Issue #1 above.
4. Clear photometric plans have been resubmitted.
5. The transit shelter will be a City of Fort Collins Standard Transfort
Shelter.
6. We have relocated the walks as indicated.
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minor modifications.
These revisions have been made and are reflected on our ODP documents. The
only effect this new alignment has on our PDP utility drawings is a change in
the configuration of the sanitary sewer lines that must be located in the
centerline of this road. Sear -Brown has met with Roger Buffington regarding
these modifications. They final designs have not been reflected in this PDP
submittal, but Sear -Brown will continue to work with Roger to complete the
design of this section within the next few weeks.
The following comments are from the ODP and PDP comment letters dated
November 4, 1998:
ODP Comments
All comments have been addressed in full. We have revised our ODP document to
reflect the changes in the Timberwood Drive alignment. Please note that this has
precipitated a new land use area south of the Timberwood extension to the east
property line.
PDP Comments — Current Planning
Comment # Response
a. /AKA has indicated that a directional shield will be provided on the
t fixture to prevent light spillage.
b. /A clear copy of the photometric plan has been recalculated and
�/ resubmitted.
d. /The trash compactor has been indicated on the landscape plan. Since
V this is an area of future building expansion, we have proposed a
landscaped berm rather than an architectural screen wall to screen this
area while still allowing access to the compactor. Trees in this area
could later be transplanted to accommodate a future building expansion.
e. ✓ The line of the foothills and mountains beyond has been enhanced on
the image analysis.
f. ✓We have discussed this issue specifically with Kathleen Reavis. The
sidewalk is proposed as a 4.5' detached walk based on the criteria for a
Connector Local Street.
g.-k. See Civil Comments
December 9, 1998
Mr. Bob Blanchard
City of Fort Collins Current Planning
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80521
RE Poudre Valley Health Services — Harmony Campus
Dear Bob,
Thank you for your assistance with the PVHS project including your continuing
consideration of the hospital's schedule concerns. With your help and with several
coordination meetings with City staff, many outstanding issues have been addressed
since we last received formal comments. All comments have been addressed on the
revised drawings, with the following exceptions or clarifications. We have included
responses from Pam Holmes with Albert Kahn Associates (AKA). Comments
specific to the engineering utility drawings have been addressed in a separate letter
from Sear -Brown.
Overall Issues
In the time since the last comments were issued, we have received from the City
Engineering Department the final centerline design for Harmony and
Timberline Roads. Subsequent meetings were held to define specific issues with
the lane configurations of these roads. The drawings now reflect our
understanding of the requirements for the interim and ultimate configurations of
these roads.
2. It is our understanding that the extensions of Timberwood Drive and Snow
Mesa Drive will not be required to be constructed with this first phase project.
All drawings reflect these road alignments as future construction. We also
understand that the City will not allow the east access to Harmony Road to be
constructed (in any form) until the signal is warranted. We have revised our
plans to show this as a future connection.
3. We have had several meetings regarding the design requirements for the
Timberwood Drive extension through the property. After a coordination meeting
held with the City on December 2, 1998, we have redesigned Timberwood
Drive to allow it to function as a `slow -street' through the hospital campus. The
road has been designed to Local Connector street standards without parking.
The 36' pavement cross-section would accommodate two 10-foot travel lanes
and two 8-foot bike lanes. This design was reviewed by City staff at the
December 3 Transportation Coordination meeting and approved with some
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