HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY RIDGE - OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 49-95 - CORRESPONDENCE - STREET RELATED DOCUMENTPOSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS L-vZ,
JOE VANSANT • P.O. BOX 98 • FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80522 • (303) 482-6312
April 26, 1996
Steve Olt
Fort Collins Planning Dept.
281 North College Ave.
Fort Collins, CO
80524
RE: Traffic interaction between HARMONY RIDGE & shopping center to north.
Steve,
The owner of HARMONY RIDGE, and of the SHOPPING CENTER to the north of Harmony
Ridge and my self have had a number of interactions in the past month an a half. All parties and
myself met at Lee Stark's house first and tried to come to some solution satisfactory to both
parties. This meeting concluded with a suggestion by me to try the following ( see enclosed plan ).
The OLD HARMONY ROAD alignment and SENICA would mostly stay the same as 1 have
shown in our recent submitted drawings. The use and intensity would change on OLD
HARMONY ROAD. The intersection of OLD HARMONY and SENICA would almost totally
be used as the SHOPPING CENTER ENTRANCE. OLD HARMONY ROAD west of the
commercial area would only be used as an access to a trail head near the future closed intersection
of OLD HARMONY and TAFT HILL RD. HARMONY RIDGE would only have access to
the OLD HARMONY ROAD in one or two places as a fire access only.
The advantages are numerous. First it would give almost an exclusive access to the SHOPPING
CENTER. It would allow a more safe bike path and trail head access without traffic. This would
give the residential neighbors bordering the road on the north a almost nonexistent amount of
traffic to deal and a wide buffer between themselves and any buildings to the south. Of course it
would allow HARMONY RIDGE the advantage of having a most ideally located fire access with
maximum flexibility and no reduction in density in the interior of our project for a road not other
wise needed except for a fire access. Also The City of Fort Collins, The neighbors to the north,
The Shopping Center, and Harmony Ridge would not have the extensive expense of removal of a
PERFECTLY good existing road.
Presently I have not heard back form the SHOPPING CENTER owners on their feelings. I have
deliver the enclosed plan to Dave Pietenpol and talked to him on the phone a couple of time since
delivery to clarify some points on the drawings.
Respectfully,
Joe Vansant
POSTITVE ENVIRONMENTS INC.