HomeMy WebLinkAboutJEFFERSON COMMONS PUD - PRELIMINARY - 50-95 - REPORTS - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION16 March 1996
Planning and Zoning
City of Fort Collins
Mike Ludwig;
RECEV Eu MARI 9 1996
I would like to take this time and letter to point out my opposition to your impending
road into a previouly secluded area.
I live at 2211 W Mulberry # 265 which is on the west end of Skyline Mobilehome park
about six mobile homes down from the SOUTH end of the park near a walking exit.
There is a bike and walking trail there which will become endangered by your proposed
road that will run from Ponderosa to Taft. I don't want to sound to upity but the traffic
noise of this road will completely take away what peace we have. It is bad enough that this
highrise of College Children is close by already. They tend to care less about noise they
care less about noisy dogs and have much more traffic then a family.
I have lived in Fort collins since 1971 and have never complained about decesions that
people supposedly have made conciously. I don't even know that this letter will be
addressed or read since everybody new in our community seems to think what is best for
our city.
One of the biggest draws to this community was its openess and the ability to see the
mountains. I have loved that more than anything. I disagree that we should fill in every
open block with these huge two story houses that are so close that you can not give wind
without your neighbor hearing you. Just like the houses that are going in on the West side
of us. They do not fit in there. All the houses are low off of Ponderosa and at the West of
them Why these houses were allowed to close off the horizon is beyond my
comprehension. It coddles to realators, to developers, and to investment companies and
investors who do not have the concern of ordinary people.
Sincerely
Diana S Stevens
City Comforts says, "One naturally thinks that a sidewalk must be next to a road.
But why not build sidewalks without streets? The bike -through shown here goes
through a block of houses and connects two streets. Such a pattern prohibits
through traffic and creates quiet dead-end streets ... and all the traffic is channeled to a
few arterioles. ...children should be able to visit friends, get to school, and run to the
store without having to walk or ride on a busy arterial. ...It is a way for children to
travel with less danger from cars and it creates urban spaces where cars cannot go,
shifting the psychological feel of a neighborhood by creating car -free spaces." (pg 135)
Even Eric Bracke, City Engineer, admitted that the existing system is serving the
neighborhood successfully. Ron Speis, Poudre R-1 Director of Facilities, says, "It's
one of the most favorable school walk ways in PR-1, and I'd hate to see it change."
And Gene Burke, Principal at Moore Elementary says, "I don't like the idea at all
(the Orchard Place extension). I'm concerned that the increased traffic will put our
children at risk." The Land Development Guidance System even A2.4 pg 29 and
A2.6 pg 35 says..."Separate pedestrians and vehicles where possible..."
Two other similar cases precede this one, so it is a trend worth looking at. The Fort
Collins City Council instructed university housing near Skyline just east of Moore
School to put up a locked gate rather than a street because the additional traffic
would have put the school walkers at risk. Also, a street connection close to Edora
Park was abandoned on behalf of school walker safety. Abandoning the Orchard
Place extension warrants the same consideration. The requirement for 2 site entries
can easily be fulfilled with the planned Elizabeth entry and a second, east outlet at
Plum (with no connection to Ponderosa).
Neighborhood Cohesiveness:
Says City Comforts (pg 65) "Children are like the canaries in the coal mine: an
indicator species of urban health. Children are small and vulnerable and need to be
protected. If a city lacks children, then it is because parents have assessed the
environment and have decided, one family after another over the privacy of the
dining room table, to remove to a safer place. But where parents won't raise
children, we might all hesitate to live, for such a place presents an environment
uncomfortable, noisy, and dangerous." This bike path is child compatible. It is a
primary reason why we purchased our home here.
The bike path has an established, vibrant pedestrian life with a sense of tranquility. I
walk with my children to school. I meet other parents that way, too. I value this
neighborhood amenity. City Comforts says, "Our most valued places are often sites
which lack our most valued possessions: cars."
Traffic noise prohibits conversation. Neighbors cannot meet each other in their
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Subsidized Child Care
Nearly non-existent. Child care costs
are $60 - $125 per week
Parents pursuing education for a higher
wage potential cannot afford both day
care and decent housing.
a t : • • t * r • r • ♦ • •,• • •
Solutions
Involvement and cooperation of all
levels of government, the business
community, churches and community
organizations and individuals!
Education for awareness, and
community consciousness -raising
of the severity of the
problem. Work for solutions)
We ask YOU to be interested in
being part of the solution.
Please join us.
• ► ! • i 8 i • • f f • • • t f i •
For a presentation to your organization
or group, please call:
Shelly Stephens, Chairman
970-221-5484
Marsha Benedetti, Co -Chairman
970-491 AS98
Working towards making Northern
Colorado a better home for alt
RECEIVED MAR 2 5 INN March 22, 1996
Dear Mr. 4udwig,
I live west of the future location of Jefferson Commons. I recently became
aware that the Planning and Zoning board is considering removing the bike/walking
path that connects Ponderosa and Taft Hill roads at Orchard. While I do not have
children, I have seen how many kids use this path. It is a major route to Moore
Elementary school for grade school kids and is also used by them when they are
just out riding their bikes. In the first place, why would a city that is trying
to encourage use of alternate transportation even consider removing an
established bike path to make it into a thoroughfare for traffic? Besides that,
the extension from Ponderosa to Taft does not look like it would be an easy,
straight path. Rather, it would cut through an existing apartment complex and
increase traffic on a road, that in my opinion can only support low traffic flow.
I'm not an expert on that, but the road is narrow, parking is allowed on both
sides of the street and there is no room for expansion unless the sidewalk is
removed. Not to mention the school bus stops that currently exist along
Ponderosa and Orchard.
If you must have two separate entrances into Jefferson Commons, why not use
what's already there? Orchard and West Plum could easily be connected into the
development. My guess is that this would cost much less also. An additional
entrance/exit could be made to Elizabeth with little effort. These two existing
streets plus one short addition on the south to Elizabeth look to me to be easier
access to the planned development.
The only things removing the bike path could accomplish the way I see it
would be deleting a safe path for folks in this neighborhood, especially kids to
Moore Elementary, City Park and other nearby neighborhoods and an increase in
traffic onto a street that can't handle it. This proposed road extension goes
against what Fort Collins is trying to do to encourage alternate transportation.
Please don't do it. Find a another better, cheaper way that makes more sense.
Sincerely,
RECEIVED MAR 2 0 1999
03-19-96
Mr. Mike Ludwig and Members of the Board,
I recently became aware of the plan to develop the area immediately south of the Skyline
community identified as Jefferson Commons. As a resident of Skyline, a community with very
high standards for quality of living, I would prefer ro see the area used for single family housing
or even an extension of the Skyline community. However, I can also see the need for the student
housing project and the area is a logical choice for that purpose considering its proximity to the
CSU campus and local shopping areas.
I would like your reconsideration, however, on the matter of the extension of a residential
street through the development. I can not see any real need for traffic access to the development
from any existing city streets other than Taft Hill Rd ( via Plum ) and Elizabeth. Since the intent
is to develop the area as student housing, whose residents will be interacting primarily with the
University and the shopping area to the south, I can not see any need for the residents to have
access to the communities which lie west and north of them. The residents will already have
access to bus routes on Elizabeth and it is only a short walk up to Mulberry on Taft Hill Rd.
There is an existing path through the area for bike and pedestrian traffic which I would like to
see maintained, but unless the area is developed as single family housing, I would object to any
connection with the Orchard Place roadway. .
We have only one route into and out of the Skyline community and we have found it to be a
very positive point both in keeping traffic problems to a minimum as well as promoting a strong
sense of community for all of the residents here. I could not envision more than one or two
points of access to the proposed Jefferson Commons as being necessary. Nor could I see any
extension of Orchard Place being done without negatively impacting the quality of life in the
adjacent communities.
Please help us maintain the quality of life in this and other areas by allowing only those
access routes which are really needed for this and other developments in the Choice City!
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
Willis S. Whatley C v
2211 W. Mulberry # 266
Ft. Collins, CO 80521
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Brad March
FROM: Matt Delich
DATE: April 8, 1996
SUBJECT: Jefferson Commons Student Apartments Site Access
Study addendum (File: 9558MEM1)
At your request, I analyzed the operation at the
Elizabeth/Taft Hill signalized intersection with a connection
to the Jefferson Commons Student Apartments via Orchard
Street. The site access study analyzed this connection as a
through street, allowing the neighborhood to the west to
utilize it, as well as, future residents of Jefferson Commons.
This analysis eliminates the neighborhood traffic from the
Orchard connection.
Using the long range peak hour forecasts, the Elizabeth/
Taft Hill intersection is expected to operate at level of
service C during both peak hours.
EMPOWERING PEOPLE AND PROMOTING AFFORDABLE IIOUSING OPPORTUNItY ,
March 15, 1996
Brad March
110 East Oak
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Re: Housing complex to increase.housing�oupply in Fort Collins
Dear Brad:.
1 enjoyed your presentation on the 600 bed planned apartment complex. Fort Collins is in desperate need
of new inventory, bothfor the student and non -student populations. By providing increased in this
project will contribute to lessening the affordable housing crisis.
It is my understanding that this project will largely be geared towards the student population. It is
estimated that an -additional 5,000 students will enter Colorado State University in the next decade. This
type of housing is, not only necessary, it is mandatory! The Fort Collins housing market, as it exists today,
cannot absorb all the housing needs, especially for lower -income renters. By providing 600 beds, much of
the student population currently residing in single family rental property would decrease, thus opening
those units to families who are in need of this type of housing. This is a win -win situation, both concerning .
the direct benefits to the student population, and the indirect benefits for the general community.
This'project would indeed fill a needed niche in our local marketplace: Please contact me with questions or
comments you may have (484-7498).,.
• Sincerely,
Rusty Collins , ' ,
Executive Director
�I I MAIN BRANcn - 424 fine Street Suite 203 - Forl Collins Colorado 80524 - 970.484.7498 - 970.484.4572 fax I
j LovnnriD BRANCH - 315 East 7111 Slrcct - Loveland Colorado 80537 - 970.663.4163
BACK
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE
OF LARIMER COUNTY
Addressing Affordable Housing
worldny Towards maidng Northern
Colorado a Better Home For All.
TOTAL P.06
INSIDE RIGHT
Subsidized Child Care
Nearly non-existent. Child care costs
are $60 - $125 per week
Parents pursuing education for a higher
wage potential cannot afford both day
care and decent housing.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Solutions
involvement and cooperation of all
levels of government, the business
community, churches and community
organizations and individuals!
Education for awareness, and
community consciousness -raising
of the severity of the
problem. Work for solutionsl
We ask YOU to be interested in
being part of the solution.
Please join us.
For a presentation to your organization
or group, please call:
Shelly Stephens, Chairman
970-221-5484
Marsha Benedetti, Co -Chairman
970-491-4898
Working towards making Northern
Colorodo a better home for all.
INSIDE CENTER
Average Housing Costs
Fort Collins:
Family home - $184,500
Condo - $101,700
Loveland:
Family home - $161,000
Condo - 2-
Op
Rental Housing Costs
2 bedroom apartment - $500 - $750
per month,
Vacancy Rates
Fort Collins - 1 %
Loveland - 0%
Estes Park - 0%
Below 5% = Crisis
• * v • e • • s s • • a • •
Colorado State University Impact
Enrollment: 24,000
6,000 live on campus
1,200 live at home
480 commute
16,000 five in Fort Collins and
compete for affordable housing.
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Downsizing of American industry,
and large corporation reorganization,
result in temporary employee hire at
$5.50 per hour for jobs that once paid
higher wages.
i • • • A • f • • R * 0 • 7 •
The Women's Center of Lorimer County
estimates that a single parent with
one child needs between $8 - $10 per
hour to cover a subsistence standard
of living.
INSIDE LEFT
Affordable Housing - Not Just For
The Homeless
A person, or family, no longer needs
to be homeless, chronically unem-
ployed, or dependent upon public
benefits to be in need of Affordable
Housing. The number of jobs paying
a wage sufficient to afford housing
of any type, in Colorado ... in
Lorimer County ... in Fort Collins,
has decreased while the average cost of
housing.has Increased.
• • • • a • • • • a • • • • • • • a •
Housing Authority Waiting Lists:
• Fort Collins: 2,000 households
• Loveland: 2,000 households
• Wellington: Exceeds 60 households
• Lorimer County: Exceeds 200 households
• Estes Park: A seasonal housing
problem, which impacts all other
Larimer County communities.
COVER
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- A Basic Human Need -
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE
OF LARIMER COUNTY
AWressing ANvndab/e Noasing
CITY OF FORT COLLINS
HOUSING AUTHORITY
March 14, 1996
Brad March
110 East Oak Street
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
1715 West Mountain, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80521 Telephone (970) 221.5484
FAX 221-0821
Subject: Jefferson Commons Project
at Elizabeth and Taft Streets
Dear Mr. March:
The 600 single room occupancy project, proposed to be developed by the J.P.I.
Partnership, addresses the sorely needed expansion of affordable housing for
students and single -person households.
The Fort Collins Housing Authority waiting list, in excess of 2000 households
seeking affordable rental housing opportunities, is exacerbated by the limited
availability of affordable rental apartments in our community.
The review and consideration of a project that addresses the unmet needs of
affordable housing seekers is urged and supported.
Sincerely,
Cit of Fort Collins
H u ing Author' y
G
Roc elle S. Stephens
Executive Director
RSS/rh
FOOT OLLS GATEWAY, INC.
301 Skyway Drive For( Collins Colorado 80525 (970)226-2345 Fax # 226-2613
April 8, 1996
Larimer County Planning and Zoning Board
City of Fort Collins, CO
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
Foothills Gateway, Inc. has been designated by the state as the Community Centered Board for
Larimer County. By state statute, the Community Centered Board is responsible for facilitating
the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities. Foothills' responsibilities extend to
providing residential living arrangements for its clients. Over the course of the last five years it
has proven increasingly difficult to arrange affordable leased housing. Waiting lists for housing
opportunities continue to grow and the supply of affordable housing continues to decrease. The
ability to assist people with developmental disabilities become participating and contributing
members of the community is severely limited by the lack of affordable housing in the Fort Collins
and Loveland communities. The problem is Fort Collins is particularly acute based upon demands
placed upon the market by the CSU student population.
Foothills Gateway, Inc. encourages the Larimer County Planning and Zoning Board to approve
the proposed 660 bedroom Jefferson Commons P.U.D. Project. The project is to be located in
close proximity to the University. This project would relieve the local housing situation and
approval of projects of this type is urged by Foothills Gateway, Inc.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission ofFootbills Gateway, Inc. is to facilitate a coordinated community effort dedicated to challenging and
supporting Larimer County citizens witb developmental disabilities to achieve their maximum potential and
independence.
April 5, 1996
Michael Ludwig
Larimer County Planning
City. of Fort Collins
281 North College.Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort. Collins, CO 80522
Dear. Mr. .Ludwig:,
Our company is, located at 825 South Shields, Fort Collins,
Colorado. We prepare cookie dough and bake cookies which are sold
throughout Fort Collins: We located our company on South Shields
based in. large part upon the high volume,of university bicycle. and
pedestrian traffic. A. substantial portion of our business is.
centered around the student population.
The City, .for some time, hasmade. efforts to encourage
students .to locate..in areas close to. the:University 'in order to..
encourage the .type of traffic which our.business courts. I have
been.told that -the Planning and Zoning Board'is in the process of
considering the "Jefferson Commons.P.U.D."'Proposal'. I.would urge
the City to approve the proposed project.. It is logical to locate
high density, housing,. projects catering, to .students in the area
around the University., Students '.,lives'center .around the CSU
campus arid. bus inesses catering to the ''student population have been
located in the surroundingarea to meet :student needs. The
location. of 'housing in the vicinity of the University and these
businesses has the impact of reducing congestion caused by student
traffic.. Thank you for your consideration of this project.
Sincerely yours,
Vrry'Jo'
hnstone
825 S. Shields
Fort Collins, CO 80521
970-48418861. .
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SKIDZ LAUNDRY
1228 West Elizabeth
Ft. Collins, CO 80521
(970) 221-9598
April 4, 1996
Fort Collins Planning Department
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Sirs:
Skidz Laundry is a laundromat operating at 1228 West Elizabeth
Street in Fort Collins. Our business caters to the large
population of college students surrounding the west side of the
University. We understand that a proposal has been submitted by
JPI Partners, Inc. to construct a 600 unit housing complex in the
area of the intersection of Taft and Elizabeth Streets. The owners
of Skidz encourage the City to approve the proposed project. The
project appears to be well designed. The location for the project
in the immediate vicinity of the University should have the impact
of reducing already congested streets and parking in the area and
promote the use of alternative means of transportation. We
strongly urge the City to approve the proposed project.
Sincerely yours,
S DZ LAUN
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Peter C. Hyland, Partner
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SCHRADER OIL P.O. Box 495 • Fort Collins, CO 80522 • (303) 484-1225
April 8, 1996
Larimer County Planning
City of Fort Collins
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Sirs:
Our company owns the station at 1331 East Elizabeth. The City
is considering a proposal for construction of a high density
housing project north of the King Soopers on East Elizabeth Street.
Our company would encourage approval of this project. The project
quality appears to be extremely high and meets a desperate need in
the northwest quarter of our community for affordable student
housing. Our company encourages approval of the proposed project.
Sincepely yours,
Wayne K. Schrader
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2629 Redwing Road Suite #135 • Fort Collins, CO 80526
(303) 229-0303 • Fax 229-0385
BUSINESS VENTURES
April 40 1996
Michael Ludwig
Larimer County Planning
City of Fort Collins
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collin9, CO 00522
Re: Jefferson Commons P.U.D.
Dear Mr. Ludwig:
For more than ten years, our company has operated the Subway
franchise at the southwest corner of Shields and Elizabeth. we.
have been told that the Planning Board is in the process of.
considering the proposed Jefferson Commons P.U.D. Project. This
660 unit project would provide much needed student-, housing in the
area surrounding Colorado State University. our company estimates
that approximately 80t of our business is generated by students,
faculty and staff of the University. Based upon our buBine..ss'
proximity to the University and the surrounding housing, muc:h.uf
our customer base reaches our business other than by automobiles.
A housing project of this density would be welcomed by neighborhood
businesses which cater primarily to the University population.
Location of the project in the neighborhood of the University would
also encourage residents to use transportation other than
automobiles and would help to address already heavy burdens on
neighborhood streets. Thank you for your consideration of thi:
project.
Sincerely yours,
S eve Lauer
President
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April 4, 1996
Fort Collins Planning Board
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
To Whom It May Concern:
I am the manager for Ram International Corporation which
operates the Chesterfield Bottomsley & Potts Restaurant at 1415
West Elizabeth, Fort Collins, CO. This letter is being written in
support of the proposed Jefferson Commons project. It is my
understanding that the University and City have for some time
encouraged the development of high density housing in the areas
surrounding the University. These types of projects encourage
students of the University to use non -vehicular transportation such
as walking, bicycles and Transfort to access the University thereby
reducing congestion on City streets. The neighborhood currently
has an existing business structure to support the student
population which again reduces the need for students to use
automobiles. The majority of the businesses in the area
surrounding the proposed project are tailored to meet students'
needs. We appreciate the City's efforts to encourage high density
development in this area and ask that the City approve the proposed
project.
Sincerely yours,
CHESTERFIELD BOTTOMSLEY & POTTS
1415 W. Elizabeth Street 0 Fort Collins, CO 80521 0 (303) 221-1139
ColoAlh
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Llers
Office of Resources
for Disabled Students
100 General Services Building
tort Collins, Colorado 80523.8002
(970) 491-6385
April 5, 1996
Michael Ludwig
City of Fort Collins Planning Department
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Re: Jefferson Commons P.U.D.
Dear Mr. Ludwig:
Our office has been informed that the referenced project is being
considered by the Fort Collins Planning Board. Our office represents
the Disabled Students of Colorado State University. It is my understanding,
that the proposed housing project units will be handicapped accessible.
There currently is a need for housing for the disabled in the CSU community,
and we encourage the Board to consider projects which address this need.
Since.)ely yo rs,
Pat Hartman
FEB 14 '96 01;31PM OFFICE OF VP ADMIN SERVICES
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Resident
Nonresident
Total Ugrad
Graduates
Resident
Nonresident
Professional
Resident
Nonresident
Total
Resident
Nonresident
Fa 94
Fa 95
Fa 96
Fa 97
Fa93
Fa99
Fa 00
Fa 01
Fa 02
Fa 03
Fa 04
Fa 05
(Acd)
(Actl)
Proj
Proj
Proj
Proj
Proj
Proj
Proj
Proj
Proj
Proj
13795
14003
14132
14318
14661
15022
15391
15775
16071
16241
16416
16517
4005
4133
4194
4255
4343
4443
4529
4599
4658
4716
4754
4798
17800
13136
18326
18573
19004
19465
19920
20374
20729
20957
21170
21315
3138
3257
3264
3274
3290
3308
3326
3343
3357
3366
3374
3379
2147
2169
2176
2183
2193
2205
2217
2229
2238
2244
2249
2253
991
1088
1088
1091
1097
1103
1109
1114
1119
1122
1125
1126
523
521
525
525
525
525
525
525
525
525
525
525
237
237
240
240
240
240
240
240
240
240
240
240
286
234
285.
285
285 .285
285
285
285
285
285
285
21461 21914 22115 22372 22819 23298 23771 24242 24611 24848 25069 25219
16179 16409 16548 -16741—17094`"17467 17848 18244 .18549 18725 18905 19010
5232 5505 5567 156M 7`3725". 75831 5923 5998 6002 6123 6164 6209
Total Headcount Increase over Fall 95 1,857 2,128 2,697 2,934 3,155 3.305
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April 8, 1996
Mike Ludwig
Planning Department
City of Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Dear Mike:
Colo.'nivZo
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University
Housing and Food Services
Palmer Center
1005 Nest Laurel Street
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-8032
Office: (970) 491.6511
FAX: (970) 491-7427
At the request of Brad March, I am passing along the
following information to you for your consideration.
We are anticipating an increase of approximately 3,000 in
total headcount by the year 2005 (see attached spreadsheet).
Based on that projection, we continue to. see a need for
student housing in close proximity to the University.
We do not support nor endorse any particular project. If we
can provide additional information, please let us know.
incerely,
J es T. Dolak, Ph.D.
ssociate Director
cc: Dr. Sherwood
Brad March,-'
Residential Food Services • Residence Life • Apartment Life • Pingree Park Campus • Operations Management
Conference Housing/Environmental Services • University Vending
Division of Student Affairs
RECEIVED APR 0 8 1996
Hal Johnson
716 Rocl::y Rd.
Ft. Collins, CO
493--144B
"Quality of Life" is a term we hear' quite often. I never, really
thought a lot about it until I r^ealized that my family and their,
qual:itV of life was being thr-eatened.
Threatened seems like very strong langu<sage but it is exactly how
I feel and a lot of other- nei.y_hbors that will be impacted by the
Orchard Street Extension.
Our family has lived on Rocky Rd. for• almost 20 _year's and have
enjoyed this nice quiet neighbor^hood. My three children all went
to Moore School via the bike path, that is to be replaced by a
busy street! My _youngest son, who is still at Moore School will
have to learn to negotiate with cars and motorcycles'
We We don't want the noise, pollution and in(--on\/iance of this
increased traffic through the middle of a residential
neighborhood. We are also concerned about the high ratf_= of speed
people drive. At the end of our- street, Rocky Rd., the city: had
to install speed bumps.
If Orchard Street is extended to Overland this neighborhood will
be changed forever. It won't be a neighbov-hood an_ymor^e. My famil",
and a lot of our neighbors feel we will be forced to move.
Conclusion: Please leave this neighborhood streeet and bil::a path
for, neighbors, not for football tr^affic, people cutting through,
or, a direct route 'to CSU.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully,
Hal Johnson
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To: FCI.CPES(mludwig)
Date:. 4/4/96 6:12pm
Subject: orchard extension
Dear Mike,
This is just a short note to express my opposition to the
idea of connecting Orchard between Taft Hill and Ponderosa. I
want to preserve the existing bike/pedestrian path through this
area and I do not want any increase in traffic through the
Ponderosa -Orchard 4-way stop that currently exists.
I am ashamed to admit that I had little interest in the
planning of Jefferson Commons (assuming that it would not affect
my neighborhood directly), but thanks to Gail's note, I now see
that it does. The development sounds like a very good, well
thought out idea (aside from the fact that it is any
development), but the concept of connecting Orchard up to the
West (Ponderosa) just doesn't make sense; and it seems like it
would be dangerous for the kids (and adults) who use the
pathway. I have no problem with allowing for an exit from
Jefferson Commons onto Taft Hill via Orchard. I will be
"polling" my neighbors this weekend in order to provide the P&Z
Board with some info at Monday's meeting.
From what I have heard, the Jefferson Commons development
(JPI?) had no interest in making the connection with Ponderosa;
and if the neighborhood doesn't want this either, I hope that we
can do without this "improvement". In general, I understand the
concept of porosity and increased access, but when we look at
individual cases hopefully we can see that "bigger is not always
better". Sincerely, Sam Mitchell, 701 Gallup
Rd. 80521, -home email is Sammit@lamar.colostate.edu
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Planning and Zoning Board
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Box 580
Ft. Collins, CO 80522
Dear Mr. Ludwig:
MAR 2 8 1996
03/25/96
I didn't obiect to the Jefferson Commons student housing development
protect because Ft. Collins, as a University town, needs community support
for its most important resource, the student. Neither did I view the
protect as detrimental to my community around Orchard Place.
You should come over some time. Watch the kids play ball, skate and
bicycle in the streets. It's casual, secure. And we would like to keep it
that way. Orchard Place extension would most likely change the character
and casual security of our neighborhood.
Good neighborhood planning should be your priority. Therefore, I
encourage you to explore alternatives, such as an east entrance to
Jefferson Commons at Plum without connection to Ponderosa. I'm sure there
are others that would not increase traffic in the neighborhood like the
Orchard Place extension would. Please keep our neighborhood in mind as you
make your planning decisions. Don't forget the children.
Sin erely,
M. % Nj Wo
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2211 W. Mulberry, #222
Fon Collins, CO 80521
(970) 482-4616
March 21, 1996
Ft. Collins Planning & Zoning Board
c/o Mike Ludwig, City Planner
P. O. Box 580
Ft. Collins, CO 80522-0580
Dear Mr. Ludwig:
RECEIVED MARL 2 2 ""
I am a resident of Skyline Mobile Home Park and am writing to protest the City's
plan to extend Orchard Place in conjunction with the proposed Jefferson Commons student
housing development.
I and other residents enjoy the seclusion and safety of Skyline Park, buffered from
traffic noises and disturbances. I am concerned that this will no longer prevail if Orchard
Place is extended along the south end of the Park. After reviewing the plans for Jefferson
Commons, it appears to me that there is minimal value for student residents of the complex
to use Orchard when their ultimate destinations will most likely be east and south of the
complex. Right now this area is used by walkers and bikers, which seems to be'much more
in concert with the City's goal to get us out of our cars.
Please take the time to listen to all the people being affected by your decision before
you take any action. Thank you for listening.
Very truly yours,
Dora M. Hildebrand
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March 18, 1996
City of Ft Collins Planning/Zoning
Attn Mike Ludwig
PO Box 580
Ft Collins CO 80522
Planning and Zoning Board,
We are writing in regards to the proposed extension of Orchard PI from where it
currently dead ends thru to Taft Hill Rd.
We would like to make it known that we are against this. We own property at
2518 Orchard PI. Our daughter and grandchildren live there so even though we
do not live in the area we do spend enough time in the neighborhood to know
what the traffic situation is currently. Orchard PI already has too much traffic
that does not abide by speed limits. There are too many children in the
neighborhood who would be in even more danger if the street is a thru street.
Orchard PI is the main thoroughfare for children going to and from Mccre
Elementary School. We do not see the need for making this extension thru a
residential neighborhood when Mulberry and Elizabeth are thru streets and
easily accessible.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely
Lloyd+ad Ag s
2721 W Mulberry St
Ft Collins CO 80521
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March 6, 1996
John Norum
230$ West Plum Street VIA FAXt 224-5513
Porn Collins, CO 80521
Re: Jefferson COmmonA I'UD
Dear John:
You are the owner of the home located at 2305 Wcat plum
Sl•reut,-.Fort Collins, Colorado. JPI Texas Development, Tno,
(",W-E") is the proposed developer of the Jefferson Commons Pun (lhe
"P-oiPat"). The Project is to -be located at the eastern boundary
of your property. Plum Street is not to be connected in
conjunction with the construction of the Project. TnsLead, the
City has indicated that it would be willing to vacaLe the section
of Plum berween Ponderosa and the western boundary line of Lhe
Project. Your property currently receives access to Ponderosa. via
this "to -be -vacated" section of Plum Street. If Plum Stree.L is
vacated Lhen you will receive ownership of the right-of-way to the
centerline of road and It will be necessary to construct a driveway
to ac:c:eso your property. JPI agrees that if the project is
approvcd and Plum Street is vacated that it will remove the (3.)
aapnalt and sidewalk ir. the vacated portion cif P1imi, (2) construct
u driveway to provide access to your garage from vonderosa, (3)
install curb and guLLer along Ponderosa and (4) install :god in the
arc:.,:; uur•rounding the driveway on both your property a:u3 Ule
neighboring property in both the vacated right. -of -way and in areas
where necessary along the front of both residences. You have
ina.Leated that there MAY also be a need Lo rHlonate fences or
install new landscaping. You have not yet developed a landscaping
Plan. JPI agrees Lo pay you $750.00 to al.low you to illsLtil.l
landscaping and relocate fences in conjunction with the
cony. 'Lr4c:tion of your driveway.. JPI also agrees to provide you wLL•11
at Nast 30 days notice prior to removal of the street. You agree
Lo like such stops as are reasonably necessary to accommodate JPI Ia
removal of the street. You recognize, that there will be some
inconv<<nience anaciciaLed with the street vacation, Atiuuming that
th•i:, letter generally sets forth our agreement, please execute a
Copy of the teLL•er and return it.
JPI Texas DevAlo Mont, Inc.
By:
Patric Rhamey
Development Assoc.late
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March 15, 1996
Brad March
110 East Oak
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Re: Housing complex to increase-housing,supply in Fort Collins
Dear Brad:.
I enjoyed your presentation on the 600 bed planned apartment complex. Fort Collins is in desperate need
of new inventory, both for the student and non -student populations. By providing increased inventory, this
project will contribute to lessening the affordable housing crisis.
It is my understanding that this project will largely be geared towards the student population. It is
estimated that an•additional 5,000 students will enter Colorado State University in the next decade. This
type of housing is. not only necessary, it is mandatory! The Fort Collins housing market, as it exists today,
cannot absorb all the housing needs, especially for lower -in -come renters. By providing 600 beds, much of
the student population currently residing in single family rental property would decrease, thus opening
those units to families who are in need of this type of housing. This is a win -win situation, both concerning .
the direct benefits to the student population, and the indirect benefits for the general community.
This'project would indeed fill a needed niche in our local marketplace. Please contact me with questions or
comments you may have (484-7498)._
Sincerely,
Rusty Collins
Executive Director
f MAIN BRANCH - 424 Pine Street Suite 203 - Fort Collins Colorado 80524 - 970.484.7498 - 970.484.4572 fax
j LOVELNo BRANCH - 315 East 71h Street- Loveland Colorado 80537 - 970.663.4163
BACK
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE
OF LARIMER COUNTY
Addressing Affordable Housing
Working Towards Making Northern
Colorado a Better Home For All.
TOWL P.06
INSIDE CENTER
Average Housing Costs
Fort Collins:
Family home - $184,500
Condo - $101,700
Loveland:
Family home - $161,000
Condo - L
Rental Housing Costs
2 bedroom apartment - $500 - $750
per month
Vacancy Rates
Fort Collins - i %
Loveland - 0%
Estes Park - 0%
Below 5% = Crisis
s• s a t•• s a s• a••
Colorado State University Impact
Enrollment: 24,000
6,000 live on campus
1,200 live at home
480 commute
16,000 five in Fort Collins and
compete for,affordable housing.
• • a • i • . \ . • • 1 i • •
Downsizing of American industry,
and large corporation reorganization,
result in temporary employee hire at
$5.50 per hour for jobs that once paid
higher wages.
a s r a • • • • 0 • + • s t • •
The Women's Center of Latimer County
estimates that a single parent with
one child needs between $8 - $10 per
hour to cover a subsistence standard
of living.
INSIDE LEFT
Affordable Housing - Not Just For
The Homeless
A person, or family, no longer needs
to be homeless, chronically unem-
ployed, or dependent upon public
benefits to be in need of Affordable
Housing. The number of jobs paying
a wage sufficient to afford housing
of any type, in Colorado ... in
Larimer County ... in Fort Collins,
has decreased while the average cost of
housing,has Increased.
Housing Authority Waiting Lists:
• Fort Collins: 2,000 households
• Loveland: 2,000 households
• Wellington: Exceeds 60 households
• Larimer County: Exceeds 200 households
• Estes Park: A seasonal housing
problem, which impacts all other
Larimer County communities.
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- A Basic Human Need -
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE
OF LARIMER COUNTY
Addressing Affoidabie Housing
CITY OF FORT COLLINS 1715 West Mountain, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80521 Telephone (970) 221-5484
FAX 221-0821
HOUSING AUTHORITY
March 14, 1996
Brad March
110 East Oak Street
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Subject: Jefferson Commons Project
at Elizabeth and Taft Streets
Dear Mr. March:
The 600 single room occupancy project, proposed to be developed by the J.P.I.
Partnership, addresses the sorely needed expansion of affordable housing for
students and single -person households.
The Fort Collins Housing Authority waiting list, in excess of 2000 households
seeking affordable rental housing opportunities, is exacerbated .by the limited
availability of affordable rental apartments in our community.
The review and consideration of a project that addresses the unmet needs of
affordable housing seekers is urged and supported.
Sincerely,
Cit of Fort Collins
H u ing Author' y
.LLeL"'Y
Roc elle S. Stephens
Executive Director
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4.) My fourth concern is quality of life. You noted the loss of the bike and foot
path was not positive. I agree. I was glad to: see you reading City Comforts. In
this useful community planning guide, it mentions the direct benefits of
obstructing and diverting traffic away from residential neighborhood . "Dead
ending" Orchard Place (without extension) currently satisfies this need in your
area.
5.) The last observation I have deals with public transportation. A thoroughfare
through your neighborhood does not easily lend itself to public transportation,
unless you envision city busses up and down Orchard and Ponderosa. In my
mind, this would be an unthinkable breach of good neighborhood planning.
These are strictly my own opinions based on 18 years of experience. I hope this provides
some direction to your effort. As an experienced Real Estate Broker, I see the value of
well designed projects and streets. I also see the deleterious effects of poorly designed
ones. You have my permission to share this as you see fit (in it's entirety), if you find it
helpful.
Sincerely,
Terry sett
Assistant Managing Broker
RE/MAX First Associates, Inc.
RECEIVED , < ^ ce/r
Wednesday, February 28, 1996
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Mark and Gail Yerbic
730 Ponderosa #3
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Dear Mark and Gail, —
Thank you for your inquiry regarding the extensions of Orchard Place. In reviewing the
proposal for Jefferson Commons for you, I had a number of observations I'd like to share.
1.) The Orchard Place Extension does not appear to be essential to the Jefferson
Commons Project proposed, because the logical route for college students to take
will be Elizabeth. As an alternate fire route, Plum Street would be much easier
access for fire and emergency vehicles, and far less expensive for the developer.
Plum would keep Jefferson Commons traffic away from your residential area,
which would also benefit your neighborhood. It appears the project would be
quite compatible to the neighborhood, if this were accomplished.
2.) A greater concern stems from diverting traffic into your residential
neighborhood, which is normally considered contrary to good neighborhood
planning. In my opinion, this traffic would come from the Scenic View Project,
Jefferson Commons, and surrounding residential areas, if the Orchard Extension
was completed. In addition to this, the extension would likely encourage non -
neighborhood traffic through your residential neighborhood, to avoid traffic on
Taft Hill, Overland, Mulberry or Elizabeth, for which Orchard was clearly not
intended. This would not only be likely to increase traffic on Orchard, but
Ponderosa, Tyler and Gallup, and other connectors, as vehicles divert on or off to
Elizabeth or Mulberry. Without the extensions, Scenic View would most likely
go directly to Elizabeth.
3.) As always, property values are a concern. It is a generally accepted principle
that increasing street traffic and noise tends to lower real estate values. The
greatest impact would be on properties that front Orchard Place. The increased
traffic would likely change the character of the street and the neighborhood, and
lower values. An overall detrimental effect would be felt by the entire
neighborhood.
W/1�1K First Associates, Inc.
3665 John F. Kennedy Parkway
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
Msse Office: (970) 226-3990, (800) 844-7369
Fax: (970) 225-0118, Pager: 962-5067
Each OHke Independently Owned and Open>ted
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Phone—(970) 48"762
Gene Burke
Principal
Mike Ludwig
City Planner
City of Fort Collins
March 20, 1996
Dear Mr. Ludwig
RECEIVED MAR 2 0 19%
Please abandon your plan to extend Orchard Place from Overland Trail to Taft Hill as a part of
the new projects under review for this neighborhood. We, as a school community, are
concerned for the safety of our students who currently use the biketwalking path that extends
from Orchard Place to Taft Hill. We believe that if this path is converted to a street, with
significant traffic from students from Jefferson Commons, as well as other neighborhood traffic
that this safety will be compromised.
Our neighborhood school currently has only one bus that brings in children. The rest of our
community are walkers, and their safe passage to school is of utmost concern to us.
Please consider the impact this decision will have on the entire neighborhood, the children and
the school that serves it. When you consider changing a safe and convenient path that already
exists to encourage pedestrian and bicycle traffic into a throughfare with extra traffic and
probably even city busses, you impact the situation in a very negative way.
Help us keep our school community one where children can walk to school safely. These kids
already have to cross Taft Hill during morning rush hour. Please don't compromise their safety
any further by taking away their bike path.
Thank you for your consideration
Sincerely,
The Moore Community Partnership
Gene Burke, Principal
Patti Westfall and Lynn Pares, Co -Presidents
Gail McKee, Treasurer
Laurie Craig, Secretary
Mary Gamble, Volunteer Coordinator
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March 18,1996
Mike Ludwig
City Planner
Box 580
Fort Collins, Colo. 80522
E -1VED MAR 2 D i5lI6
Dear Mike,
I am wirting in reference to the Jefferson Commons student housing
development project. Specificly refering to the Orchard Place extension
for this development.
I believe that it is not the correct way to provide a second exit from the
Project. I think that the Plum Street exit to Taft Hill would be a better choice.
This letter refers to the mid afternoon timeframe when the students are
out of class and not using bicycles or busses.
*Moore School children use the bike path every day when they return home
from school. That extension will put all the children back on a busy street. We
as a neighborhood spent many years getting the bike path approved to get
the children off of Mulberry and Elizabeth.
*Because of the increased traffic volume on Elizabeth students will use the
Orchard Place extension to exit Jefferson Commons. The conjestion at
Orchard Place and Taft Hill because of the Moore School children will
devert the traffic to Ponderosa Dr. and then to Mulberry.
*When neighborhoods are planned the city planning guide advocates
interruption of traffic through residential streets. The Orchard Place
extension goes against the city planning guide and will just increase
the thru traffic on Orchard Place.
*If Fort Collins Planning Department requires the Orchard Place extension,
in Jefferson Commons, Orchard Place (because of all the planned development
out on Overland trail) will become a west to east thoroughfare from Overland
Trail to Taft Hill. This increased traffic would decrease my property values.
I hope the Planning Department will reconsider it's decision on the Orchard
Place extension in the Jefferson Commons student housing project.
Stony Achziger
717 Ponderosa Dr.
Fort Collins,Colo. 80521
RECEIVED MAR 2 0 1666
March 18, 1996
Mr. Michael Ludwig
Planning and Zoning Board
Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Mr. Ludwig:
I am writing to you regarding the Orchard Place extension. In short, I would like to express my
opinions on this. I am a resident of the Mulberry Mobile Home Park and having this extension
would surely disturb this peaceful residence. I do not think it would help the City of Fort Collins
and the surrounding neighborhoods at all. It would only add to the population of this growing
city, pollution, traffic, higher taxes and noise.
I strongly urge you to please abandon the issue of the Orchard Place extension.
Sincerely,
Donald G. Smith
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Oficollegiate lifestyle
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Colorado Stets Univermttyy
dominates northwest Fart Col -
fins, and the Idnde of ainav
associated with allege life
dominate the police reports
fium that part of town.
Liquor offenses, noise dishar
tames end bicycle theft were
all much more prevalent in the
area north of prospect Road
and west of College Avenue
than anywhere else in town.
7Tat makes'peribd sense,.
said Judy Minni nau, the Fort
Collins police department's
crime analyst
'lire bike thefts fit because
you're going to have more pm -
pie living in apartme
ms that thents or Sv-
uW in dorir method
of transportation is a bike, so
You're going to have more bikes
up there than senwbody living
down south in Oak Ridge that's
using their car to get mound
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lege kids partying are going to
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have Come noise canpleints."
Despite the unrest, students
seem to feel secure in Fort Col -
I ne, said CSU eodoky pafes-
eor Fra6ha Unnitlan,
"It's partly because they
came m different places,
where y may at least perry
wive them to have a bigger
crime problem.' he said.
A Colorndoan computer
analysis of the 1994 and 1995
crime files of the Fort Collins
police department showed that
liquor offenses, noise am -
plaints and bike thefts weren't
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Perkins at 498-5158. Aditon l assistance an cart
mavy issues Is offered by Fort COMM' Neighborhood
Resources Office. whose narnben is 224SMI.
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unified, peopl&ffiendly look
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Some buildings on the
sprawling Colorado State Uni- MAlwkaddre!n"pbVE,
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comments like t#.It
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are not rrreboous, thy' of CSU info a pedestrifoisan-
bght an an issue that hasGimAy atwith nl,p,
dominated campus debate. trees and places b hang out How does the campus look
fait welmming? The tm will move all antenna,spe.
bile ter, to the -campus it easier
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+ 7L'IDk. ce n t rimeter, making it earner for
members have allied bikes and pedestrians to get
provemenfs to the P ueido of cam-
e;.t, u.__ ._____ cam us, around on the
The Oval features dasefal
architecture and stunning
lines of American elms —some
MOM than 100 years old. Yet
other buildings — take the row
of halls keg Oft
done end
Snelwitwith
ln -mare stark and grrayy
on the outside and institu-
tional on the inside.
But in coming decades, all
that could change thanks to a
sweeping master plan that will
guide all building and uenowa-
tion projects on ampue for the
nest 50 to 100 year, The Dian
� The plan eddresseapertirtg, yam: � Ltd£
landscaping, utilities,ing, new t�anndeig..
student ant. SU of- .:COgIWOMROLMikAcyder
6cials believe the student aldewak which bads (rote Cc,
ulation will grew 5mn the air- .dNs Shrtlem 11m waf ort .1m,
number nber of 22,000 stu-. rate bicyclists tnx�B
denta to 25,000 by the year
2000. Cwwwla�.��a a_
Bill Runyan, an associate
professor in musk theater and
dance and a member of CSLr. .
physical develo meet cemmib
tee, has worked at CSU since
the early 1970a He aces the ..
master Plan as an example of a
a m'Uar Philosophical shift at
9n 1979, (CSU) was ruled
by good of boys with a pretty
narrow-minded perspective,'
Runyan said. 'People are row'
more broadly educated Its a
more cosmopolitan campus
than it used to be.•
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Fort Collins residents drive'
moo than 2 mil5on miles a day
— and that number is on the nee.
Vehiclamiles traveled — or the.
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population growth. awarding W
city estimates ..
do you think of the air qual-
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Susie Gordon. an environmental
planner with the citys Natural
wants to hear from you far a future
story. Plan" call before 5 pm.
today at 224-7858, or law us 224-
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Resources Department. "This
town is set up for that•
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But Fort Collins is not the only
city facing this dilemma, said
Lenox Bohren, anthropologuat
city were dustered b allow for
with the National Center for Ve•'
hi I E '
ti'avel by foot or horse, aka
though the Crosswalk and ddea aan
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ty at Colorado State University. au', people `m U level faster and .Kee suit . ways to make people less depen- pleasant way to travel, she said 'It is coo ingrained in our whole farther, and cities began to oueltr and Tharp building dent on thew era, she said Ae 'We need to make it really hip
en of city planning," she said Pm
L _ Pe. just forves PcoPte bat out of their ors more, not m drive: Gordon said .
n the early days, buildings in a This Perpetuated the 'car cul- people7a maaaau to carse* Bow �d they could realize it's not such a Other oir-quality experts say
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Environment
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why did the city develop in a
way
way that requires people to drive
everywhere.
per ms to air quality and the
aty�a efforts to get people out of
their Cara
That was the goeabon asked by
several of the more than 30 Fort
They also resoundingly agreed
_ air quality was womFhing with
Collim; area residents who re- .
sponded to Coloradoan questions
the increasing numbers of cam on
the road here. Fort Collins resi-
&e paths,
dents drive more than 2 minion
vehicle miles a� day, say area
transportation offrcials
Patty rinrth ofCeotyh
thcirwoFrtv=
has turned into a'etrip city.•
'Everybody drives down Col-
lege; said Clifford, who moved
Min from Boulder in 1991.
'People who live north have to
drive 10 miles south and 10 miles
beck to sin a movie. Build mom
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Air
Continued rase Pa(a Al
On that rote. more shops, the -
arm and other commercial out-
lets could crop up on the city's
north side in years to come.
"Were beginning to look at de-
velopment in a new way,' said
Bruno, who grew up in a section
of New York City that had its own
minidowntown not unlike Old
Town.
Other callers responding to e
series of Colorodaan stories about
the fear of declining air quality
called for limiting sprawl, build-
ing more bike paths, improving
the cityys mares transit system and
tinning traffic lights.
A few callers said improve -
counts should be made without in-
creasing laze, or infringing on cit-
izend rights.
'I believe I would take the Fort
Collins bus more frequently if the
hours and locations were more
available to my needs,' said Fort
Collins resident Tom Hicks. 'For
a city as large air Fort Collins, the
public IF
here is so
outdated.'
Most callers indicated they do
care about ourquality and would
prefer to be able to walk to stores
'and work Fort Collins attorney
Paul Valentine said air quality
would improve if people sold their
callers say
things north, end you will find out
the traffic will be better; she said.
Frank Brunw, assistant Fort
Collins city manager, said it wont
do much to lament past building
trends in the Choice City.
Instead, developers and resi-
dents should consider the na-
tional trend of re-emerging down.
towns.
Hs cam, ►rise Ala
ter..
second vehicles.
'If they would sell their second
car they would save money,' Val-
entine said.'Ilney would have to
plan for trips and either ride
bikes, ride the bus or car pool.
They'd have to do something al.
ternetely to riding in a single -
occupancy vehicle.'
Other callers suggested exam-
in'ukg traffic patterns in Europe
and Asia to get ideas.
Richard Hopkins, president of a
new .00mputer-aided multimedia
advertising firm, believes the city
should build more attractive bike
tines
A lot of people don't like to ride
in the street; Hopkins said. 'II
they had nice bike paths going
am
end the city, it would create a
lot of interest in riding bikes.'
Hopkins also said people should
be aware that cars idling at stop:
lights are the biggest polluters.
'Me city should consider in-
creasing speed limits and timing
stop lights so traffic flows more
smoothly,' Hopkins said. "When a
car is stopped, it is emitting a
much higher percentage of pullu-
tion.'
Another caller said the brown
cloud was coming from the south
— from metropolitan areas such
as Denver.
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A CHANGE W THE A0b Dwtg'ag weadw p hems. aafAd monde s visfi iy ham a smtiort atop the Anhetser-Busch gran New. bol ore, was taken at 5 p.m. Aug. 31. 1995. AirquaWy,
whine and use of fireplaces can mean dramatic dMererxes n elevator. City cantinas captured a cles rtarr view, top. from tlis spedafsls are wgng Ciy Council tocorsider new shalegms
as qualiy, and v'mb* over FM Collins. The city corairualy naM Fat Corns location all) am May 13. 1995. The hazy tar protecting and irproving the drys a'r quality.
Experts urge plan to prevent bad air days
By BONA BISBFF
_L�•.,:�p.:+.:4• .. ten
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rtr Caormi
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Fort Collins resident Jennifer
Owens drives to work every
morning, to lunch every noon and
to the grocery store, dry cleaners,
past office and on any other ere
A ' 1
rand she has to not
.
She has no choice.
She doesn't live on a bus route,
she
But city air -quality specialists
Fort Collins, EuErr doesn't
don't know how long this mapite
Ware atr oarcanu/AS work
willlavf-
newany
Ten years ago, Fort Collins neg-
restaurants and her neighborhood
ularly violated federal standards
is strictly residential.
for carbon moroxide.
Owens is not ulone.
Most residents in Fort Collins
Since than, carbon -monoxide
and around the United States
emissions haw dropped to safer
tied cars.
levels, and levels of other pallet,
Sto ome
Some lave the indepen
ante, such as ozone and Par4nr-
loto matter, have stabilized.
ie
Some demand the convenience.
But most are trapped by land -use
But ainre 1990, more than
patterns mid turnsportation infra-
31,000 people have moved to La-
struciure that make alternatives
rimer County, bringing the pope.
— such as walking, biking and
lation to 217,215. according to fig -
taking the bus — impractical or
ones released Friday by the U.S.
dangerous.
Census Bureau.
And they're all paying the price
Technology may not be able to
— with the air shut they breathe
keep up with this rapid popu-
- because as automobile use
lotion growth or with U.S. life-
clinibs,wdoes air pollution.
styles that gobble up natural rr
Stricter env'ucnmental regula-
sources at an alarming rate. To-
tions mid new emissions technol-
gether these realities pass an in-
ogy are keeping local air pollution
creasing threat to air quality in
at bay, Fort Collins officials say.
Fort Collins and along the Front
�10%.,,,r. g :.
nog%.:�iRF':, li 0%40% 0
Range. If local behaviors clan%
change, pollution will overtake
technoloes ability to keep levels
stable and will push the city's air
into violation again, experts pre-
dict.
That could ceuse local health
Problems, such as abominate; of
breath, muscle exhaustion, Min-
mtory, disorders and eye irrita-
tion
That's why air -quality special-
ists are urging City Council to
look proactively and aggressively
at the future of the cityvs air.
'As we continue to grow as a
community, air pollution is going
to grow with us; said Linda De-
vocelle, envbonmental-education
4 TaYeo•! 1r014YeItWe
specialist with the citys natural.
resources department
Devocelle, other natural nt-
eourtrs staff members and a citi-
zens advisory committee have
spent the past few months revis-
ing the Air Quality Action Plus
the council adopted two years ago.
They will present a draft of the
updated document at Tuesdays
council work session. The docu-
ment evaluates the effectiveness
of new pollution -prevention strut-
egies implemented during the
past two years and proposes new
strategies for protecting and im-
proving the city's air quality in
fee Alt, Pale As
Abouttlllg seriffits
The Fort Collins City
Council is meeting this
week to update its Air Oual-
fry Action Plan, which ad-
dresses issues such as ve-
hicle and industrial amis-
stons, wood stoves and
fireplaces, and Indoor air
quality.
Since the major source
of air pollution here is vs.
hide emissions, the Colo,
redeem will focus on that in
a three-day series:
■ Today: An overview of
the Air Duality Action Plan
and the status of air quality
In Fort Collins.
■ Tuesday: A look at pol.
lrtanrs coming from local
tailpipes and how the city
can dean up emissions.
■ Wednesday: Why Fort
Collins residents are driving
more each year and what
actions could be taken to
promote alternatives.
Interested?
Fort Collins City Council
members will discuss the
Air Quality Action Plan at a
work session at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday at City Hall, 300
LaPorte Ave.
Questions and com-
ments may be addressed
to the city's Natural Re-
sources Department at
221.6600.
N
IS
Fort Collins bike trails
o City Wks to expand, update paths
0 By aFNFECARL"prove the
X The Cabndon existing bike roadways the Hill Road intersection.
O Angel McCarthy knows she it cut tow d �re tn. 7 thabe �would coffin. ■ Cathy Fromnne Prairie park.
O good when it comes to the Fort Cal- nett business and schools with she rung lot — The parking lot, built an
hnThike turd system. ping centers and neighborhoods of Fosssilthe tCreek Drive,side of lwilds sprov�d,
The herfa family
mother of two trails that would cut tluough town in- Doss to floe prairie It wall featwe e
O moved her family here a few yeah stad of winding around it ,o ago from North Carolina, where she For row, rho shelter and drinking fountain and be
odescribed the emphasis on bike trails to cannect its trails, and make ad ■ Fossil handicaloamaroek Trell—
and exercise as'nonexfstent.' [ions to the south of town The city
When McCarthy found out the ex- Fort Collins will spend about Crack trailWest
� of Taft Hilllrread to k
tent of the Fort Collins trails, she was $750,000 this year fall in state lottery ward County Read 38E.
thrilled. Her two sons use sections of money) for upgrades and extensions ■ Other improvements —The
the trail almost daily as they bike to to its 22-mile bike trail system, said city will replace a I,Otp-foot section of
ii and fnnu a citlol. fricnlx' buurxt and Craig ro"llum, a city engineer in asphult trail rwar dw Wumis worts all
ciallu thelie it that
tiw lnsl — "'c' Pork Planning and development. Rolland Moore Park with concrete,
Y part that winds along the Here's what's planted: w.lo�
Poodle hover — mostly for revm, ■Spring Creek Trail-7)te tit " 30 rears compared to as-
eliarml use. will build an uncle y phalt's 10. The $100,000-project else
bfmt of the trail users — who Road south of Holland Moore Parke 0 feet and should be complewill widen the trail from ted fss0000n.
range from Cyclists, runners' and near Hanover Drive and Dunbar Ave. Two other bike trail sections will be
U walkers to in -line skaters — look at The $250,000 project will make a converted to concrete: a 1,000.faot
the bike trails from a recreational safer crossing Gam hail in Rolland section on the Spring Creek trail near
point of view. But with the increased Moore Park to the sidewalk on the East Prospect Head, and pat of the
emphasis on bike commuting; that south side of Drake Hurd, _
could change in the future. trail near the Environmental learn -
An that end, the city hopes to im. 19W or 2000�far the Drakelse is e and Taft ain abou $200,000.� Prolecs will cost
-
To
family that plays together..
Ride with care
Hera are a mope of tips and suggestions about mooraen
bkirq dlquem:
■Obey signs. Allays wear a hannot.
■ Dail ride an muddy roads. That causes deep ass and
erosion,
■ Avoid mining over young trees. shrubs and grasses.
■ Slay on the trails: don't M across Swadlbarj¢ or Ww
sborlcus.
■ Ride single Ale instead of widening euto^9 Bads.
■Yield totdcers and horsebackriders. Dismount as a
0 malty. Whhen Passng dollars, do it slowly.
most yield to those 9,9 using.bikers.terse icing doasvrd
Prices start at
$a A nee
Bike -
cerNnued hwn Pe¢ ox
cars. According to Creating Community Anywhere, a sense of community is good
for public health. This book says, "The ways with which you can turn urban and
suburban residential areas into communities depends partly on the way these areas
are designed. And for the past few decades, a large portion of them have been
designed as though their residents -their taxpayers, their youth, their community
pillars -were automobiles rather than people. Developers and governments design
cities and suburbs today so that automobiles can get around just fine; they can go
wherever they want to go, really fast, and be with all kinds of other automobiles at
any time of the day or night. People, on the other hand, are hemmed in ... trapped in
your car, you have little interaction with others. Older people, children, and others
who cannot drive become isolated and dependent." (pg 103-104)
People -eyes on the street, the presence of other human beings who care is also the
basic technique of urban security -natural surveillance. This path is relatively free of
wrong doing. People use it a lot. There is a sense of ownership. Tess Heffernan,
City of Fort Collins Neighborhood Resource Officer said in the 2/26/96 Coloradoan
"People don't get out and meet people in ways that we used to take for granted." We
have a good thing going that is hard to establish under the best of circumstances.
Conclusion:
Please allow us the opportunity to embrace managed growth by softening the impact
and not allowing automobiles to dictate our quality of life. The CSU population is
an important part of our community, but not more important than our youngest
students making their way to elementary school. Children deserve to feel valued
and will return their worth to society.
Allow our neighborhood to feel safer, more comfortable and proud of what we
have. Let's move forward with what works -urban designs with more green, more
trees, spaces free of cars. Please abandon the Orchard Place extension as part of your
approval of the Jefferson Commons student housing project.
Thank you for your consideration
Respectfully yours,
PQ
Gail Yerbic
cc: Chuck Warner, Fort Collins City Councilman
Yerbic
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Nothing good can come from directing outside traffic through the heart of a
( neighborhood. Also, what are the chances of the developers of Lory Ann Estates,
Scenic View, Overland Valley, The Ponds and Sienna accumulatively funding
appropriate improvements to Elizabeth to accommodate the traffic they will
generate?
Traffic will increase in Elizabeth despite the Jefferson Commons project. The
Elizabeth concerns I heard at the neighborhood meeting suggested congestion that
would make it hard for Jefferson Commons residents to turn left onto Elizabeth.
Couldn't that be remedied by turning Elizabeth into an upgraded, consistent minor
artery? Perhaps a light at Ponderosa and Elizabeth will offer a break in traffic
patterns offering openings for left hand turns from site onto Elizabeth.
If I were a homeowner on Elizabeth, I would prefer the appropriately anticipated
neighborhood improvements while the city has leverage to require developers to
pay their share rather than the uncertainty of being stuck with an under
functioning, congested street in front of my house -an afterthought.
On the prepared traffic study (8/16/95, figure 9) it does not appear that the projected
long range peak traffic amounts even come close to the maximum 5-15 thousand
vehicles/day allowed for a minor arterial such as Elizabeth. (Land Development
Guidance System A2.1 pg 23). Also stated in the LDGS A2.1, "Traffic Flow on
Arterial: The city needs to maintain and maximize efficient traffic flow on arterial
roadways." "Safety is considered in all projects and is a judgment based on accident
data, as well as national and local standards. Safety applies to all elements of
transportation review."
When I was a college student with no children, I had different driving priorities
than I do today. If I was in a hurry, I drove fast. That's reality. In the current
planning guide City Comforts, it refers to natural traffic calming techniques. These
techniques assume that "we should reform the environment, not the person."
"When the street grid is broken, the speedy and sometimes annoying flow of traffic
through a neighborhood is disrupted."(pg 136) Our neighborhood is 35% non -
family households. Close by friends of mine recently moved to a southern Fort
Collins neighborhood because the constant, speedy traffic in front of their house
threatened their childrens' safety.
City Comforts also says some form of peaceful coexistence between our persons as
driver and walker must be found. "The person as driver overwhelms the very
same person as walker."(pg 128) The book suggests that good planning aims to
reclaim some of the walker's space. I'm suggesting that good planning will allow us
to m a i n to i n what already works.
Streets are not the only way to create a grid to form an outlet fora neighborhood.
Yerbic
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Growth Management
"Development will pay its fair share of the cost to provide needed public
facilities and infrastructure services."'
I have attached several current local newspaper articles (attachments 2 - 6) that
provide further support for our community's priorities and highlighted. things that
jumped out at me. Please take a look at them.
This bike path which leads residents directly to shopping and schools is established,
widely used and encourages alternative transportation for the 637o of all auto trips
that are less than 2 miles.
Good design is thoughtful and well marinered. At the 2/15/96 neighborhood
meeting," Planner Mike Ludwig suggested that with the Orchard Place connection,
Transfort could make a loop directly through our neighborhood —an oversized
intrusion to our comfortable neighborhood. It seems that community mass transit
could be encouraged more for Transfort to continue west on Elizabeth to giving
access to the residents of the upcoming projects: Lory Ann Estates, Scenic View,
Overland Valley, The Ponds and Sienna rather than offering front door and back
door access to Jefferson Commons' residents.
Why put children —elderly —people in general —at risk unnecessarily?
Orchard Place has the potential of being connected all the way through from
Overland Trail to Elizabeth (please see attachment 1). The traffic impact that we are
concerned about will not come from Jefferson Commons' residents. Jefferson
Commons residents, students with primary destinations being work and school will
most likely be going east and south. It will come from:
• non -neighborhood motorists cutting through, avoiding traffic signals, who
have a straight shot through our neighborhood with only two stops:
Ponderosa and Taft,
• the additional traffic generated by the several upcoming projects mentions
above.
We are especially concerned about the potential congestion school walkers will have
to interact with at the Orchard Place/Ponderosa intersection and at the Orchard
Place/ Glenmoor/ Taft intersection where there is a school crossing zone. The signal
regulates north/south motorists only. East/west drivers have a window of
opportunity to dart out while the crossing guard has the north/south traffic stopped.
In this situation, children (who we all know are unpredictable) have a false sense of
security.This happens now!
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The core values of sustainability, fulfillment, fairness and choices (Pgs 4 & 5)
resoundingly support the quality of life protected by abandoning the Orchard Place
extension. In particular:
• "Choices enable people to shape their own environment, tempered
with a shared sense of community..."
• "The vision begins to shift the balance towards a future in which
different modes of transportation are also used. "
• "Walkways, bike ways and streets will allow pedestrians, bicyclists, and
motorists to move comfortably and safely over many different routes,
enjoying and learning from their surroundings. In Fort Collins we enjoy
life, rather than merely exist."
Coinmunity Vision
Pg 9 "Fort Collins will confront and mitigate the influences of the car on our
lives. ...New development will be organized and woven into a compact
pattern that is conducive to pedestrian, bicycle and public transit travel... and
the importance of our community's air quality transportation and land use
goals will be balanced."
Land Use
Pg 16 " Fort Collins will be a city of cohesive, distinct, diverse and safe
neighborhoods."
Transportation
Pg 23 "Our community's growth will be organized in a compact pattern that
invites pedestrian and transit travel ...The pedestrian will be given equal
consideration with other modes ...encouraging walking for short trips within
the city."
Pg 23 "The bicycle will be a viable transportation choice for residents and
visitors."
Pg 24"Our community's transportation system will maintain air quality,
minimize traffic congestion, and support efficient land use ...preventing
runaway growth in car traffic."
Coinmunity Irnage and Design
Pg 29 "Housing in many different forms will be included in attractive, safe
neighborhoods that encourage walking and social interaction."
Housing
"Our community will be a place where all of its people will have an
opportunity to live in safe, habitable, and affordable housing."
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different today than they were surrounding those original expectations:
1. Zoning will change from low density residential to high density multi-
family with it's own internal traffic circulation plan, including 2 entrances
to the parking facilities. Connecting Plum and Orchard Place would have
made sense in a single family neighborhood.
2. No Plum connection is required placing all the burden for traffic relief on
Orchard Place. 134 neighborhood children not eligible for busing use that
route to walk and bike to school.
3. Planning and Zoning philosophies have changed in 20 years and are at a
crossroads today.
I have reviewed City of Fort Collins planning documents and would like to point
out the ground upon which my logic stands.
After reviewing the 1977 Goals and Objectives document, I found these noteworthy
points:
Pg 4 #5, "Restrict extraneous motorized traffic from residential areas."
Pg 6 #1, "The system will move people and goods safely and efficiently while
maintaining designated community standards for air quality,
congestion, noise and other appropriate standards."
#2 "The balance between increasing system capacity and managing
system demand will be achieved by maintaining an acceptable level of
service and reducing the growth rate of vehicle miles traveled."
#3 "Alternative modes of transportation will be provided and
promoted."
Pg 7 Priority B "Provide neighborhood street systems that promote
neighborhood integrity."
Pg 8.1 #1 The bicycle system will meet current and future needs of the bicycle
user. Targeted uses are, in priority order, school -based riders..."
#2 The bicycle system will improve the environment through an
increased emphasis on bicycles as an alternative transportation mode. "
Pg 8.2 #3 Individuals with special needs (elderly, handicapped, and children)
will be targeted in the pedestrian system planning process.
Land Use Policies Plan August 14, 1979 (Amended March 6, 1990)
Pg 46 #64 "Alternative transportation modes such as pedestrian and bike
access shall be planned for as primary modes of transportation to
neighborhood service centers from adjoining residential areas."
Also, I have become acquainted with the draft copy of the Community Vision and
Goals 2015. The Advance Planning Department acknowledges that we are at a
crossroads. I realize that this is not an official document yet, but it does shed some
light on the direction our planning philosophies are going.
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Mark & Gail Yerbic
Lyndsay & Gregory
730 Ponderosa, #2
Fort Collins, CO 80521
(970) 482-9497
3/20/%
Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board
C / O Mike Ludwig, City Planner
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580
Regarding: Jefferson Commons Student Housing
Dear Planning and Zoning Board Members:
RECEIVED MAR 2 p 1996
May we introduce ourselves: my husband Mark and I (Gail) are parents who
support our neighborhood, our school, our community. Lyndsay is in 2nd grade;
Greg will be in kindergarten this year. We sold our 2nd car, own 4 bikes and a bike .
trailer (which can carry $200 worth of groceries) and we use the bike path behind our
house every day. We rely heavily on alternative transportation. We chose to live
in an affordable, yet comfortable neighborhood so family could be our primary
responsibility rather than dual careers. When we bought our house last July, we
believed we could be comfortable here a long time.
I enjoy a sense of community ownership for the bike path between the 2100 and 2200
blocks of Orchard Place. I've shoveled snow and swept glass off of it. Most of the
kids who walk to school on the bike path know me by sight, and I feel very
respected.
A condition of the proposed Jefferson Commons student housing project will
require replacing the bike path with a street. We support this high density project in
the name of accepting our share of in fill growth to prevent urban sprawl. We
oppose the street connection. The following are reasons why.
Community perceptions and planning philosophies:
About 20 years ago 2 stub streets were put in adjacent to a low density residential
zoned area (the future Jefferson Commons site) one Plum, one Orchard. Neither
stub street has a cul de sac. I've been told by city staff that Orchard Place will be
connected because it's always been expected to be completed with the development
of this property. However, it is not on the master street plan. Circumstances are
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The Orchard Place connection would increase congestion at two intersections along the
school walk way:
1) Orchard Place at Ponderosa: Ron Spies, Director o_f,Facilities. PR-1, agrees, the
intersection would be more hazardous as a 4-way stop with increased traffic.
2) Orchard Place/Glenmoor at Taft by the crossing signal: the signal regulates
north/south motorists only. East/west drivers have a window of opportunity to dart
out while the crossing guard has north/south traffic stopped. That happens now!
The proposed connection replaces the existing pedestrian/bicycle path with a street and
a sidewalk. Cyclists would likely share the road with motorists, and Tour de Fort, a
Fort Collins bicycle program says, "street cycling is serious business'." We'd
like to add, "especially for children!"
College students have a reputation for fast driving behavior. This makes planning the
traffic flow even more critical. City Comforts planning guide says, "reform the
environment, not the person."
Comfort...
Mike Ludwig, City Planner. mentioned at the 2/15/96 neighborhood meeting that
connecting Orchard Place will offer a convenient loop for Transfort off of Elizabeth,
north down Ponderosa then east on Orchard Place. We do not want bus traffic in our
residential neighborhood.
City Comforts planning guide advocates interruption of traffic through residential
neighborhoods. "When the street arid is broken, the speedy and sometimes annoy
flow of traffic through a neighborhood is disrupted." The plan to extend Orch�rd
contradicts this sound planning guidance. /r
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Ponderosa) which directs motorists right to Taft Hill through Sun Ray Apartments.
The area development will impact Elizabeth, Mulberry and Overland Trail no matter what. /
This is the best time to get a clear picture of eventual traffic flow, so these streets can
receive appropriate, neighborhood friendly, improvements now.
Thanks for taking a look at this issue. Please take a few minutes to write Mike Ludwig and have a
say in this plan. Respond as quickly as possible, or at least 2 days before the Planning and Zoning
Hearing scheduled 3/26/96. We encourage you to attend that hearing also, and we
appreciate your neighborhood participation.
Sincerely, 7�0 &u uA uf�t4
Mark & Gail Yerbic
This situation reminds us of the lyrics to a familiar song: "...don't it always seem to go that you
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I moved into the North End lot 988 of Skyline Mobile Park
eleven years ago. At that time it was so peaceful and a
very safe.place to live. I am the closest to the Sun Ray
appartments. The Parking lot next to me was then built.'
That is bad enough. However, the traffic on Taft Hill has
gotten so heavy, especially on Friday nights and early on
any morning, and it makes it difficult t❑ sleep. Also,
the dust from the black top filters in any open window.
I wish to protest to the proposed opening of Orchard Place
to even more.traffic, and disturbance.
Please express my concern to the Planning and Zoning Board.
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2211 W. Mulberry Lot 88
Ft. Collins, CO 80521-32SS
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Mr. Mike Ludwig
Planning and Zoning Board
Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Re: Jefferson Commons Development Project
Dear Mr. Ludwig:
My wife and I are very much opposed to the extension of Orchard
Place to Taft Hill and urge you to adopt an alternate plan.
Recognizing that the subject project requires two entrances for
fire safety, we understand that, the connection to Elizabeth can be
supplemented with one to Taft Hill via Plum Street. This is a far
better solution in our opinion.
We are naturally concerned by the additional traffic that will
occur through our neighborhood if Orchard Place is extended,
particularly when we hear that part of the present plan is to route
buses down Orchard Place.
Destruction of the pedestrian/bike path now in place would be a
great loss in our opinion. It provides safe, secure access through
the neighborhood that adds to the quality of life. This path came
to life as a result of good planning and we thing its demise will
only be the result of bad planning.
We respectfully request that ,you preserve the present path and find
another solution to serving Jefferson Commons that does not extend
Orchard Place.
Sincerely,
William J. and Loretta J. Way
2211 W. Mulberry w12
Fort Collins, CO 80521
kcCEIVED MAR i 9 19%
1811 Rainbow Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80524
March 14, 1996
Mike Ludwig, City Planner
Planning and Zoning Board
Box 580
Fort Collins, CO
80522
Dear Mr. Ludwig:
It has come to my attention that there is a proposal to extend Orchard Place from Ponderosa
through to Taft Hill as part of the Jefferson Commons student housing development project. I
own a single family home on Ponderosa very near to this intersection. The traffic on Ponderosa is
already too high for a subdivision. This planned extension will make it even worse.
Because there are a lot of children in the area for whom increased traffic is a hazard, because
increased traffic is likely to depreciate the value of my property, and because the proposed
extension is not essential to movement of traffic in the area, I request you to reconsider this
extension. I would much rather see you maintain the pedestrian/bike path to encourage the use of
these alternate forms of transportation rather than increasing automobile usage in the area.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Averil Strand
RECEIVED MAR 1
RECEIVED MAR 1 9 1996
March 13, 1996
Mike Ludwig, City Planner
Box 580
Ft. Collins, CO 80522
Dear Sir:
I moved into the North End lot #88 of Skyline Mobile Park
eleven years ago. At that time it was so peaceful and a
very safe place to live. I am the closest to the Sun Ray
appartments. The parking lot next to me was then built.
That is bad enough. However, the traffic on Taft Hill has
gotten so heavy, especially on Friday nights and early on
any morning, and it makes it difficult to sleep. Also,
the dust from the black top filters in any open window.
I wish to protest to the proposed opening of Orchard Place
to even more traffic, and disturbance.
Please express my concern to the Planning and Zoning Board.
Thank you,
Alice M.
Hansen
2211 W.
Mulberry Lot 88
Ft. Collins,
CO 80521-3299
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risk It simply is not safe.
The Orchard Place connection would increase congestion at two intersections along the
school walk way.
1) Orchard Place at Ponderosa: Ron Spies, Director of Facilities, PR-1, agrees, the
intersection would be more hazardous as a 4-way stop with increased traffic.
2) Orchard Place/Glenmocr at Taft by the crossing signal: the signal regulates
north/south motorists only. East/west drivers have a window of opportunity to dart
out while the crossing guard has north/south traffic stopped. That happens now!
The proposed connection replaces the existing pedestrian/bicycle path with a street and
a sidewalk Cyclists would likely share the road with motorists, and Tour de Fort, a
Fort Collins bicycle program says, "street cycling is serious business!" We'd
like to add, "especially for children"
College students have a reputation for fast driving behavior. This makes planning the
traffic flow even more critical. City Comforts planning guide says, "reform the
environment, not the person."
Comfort...
Mike Ludwig, City Planner, mentioned at the 2/15/96 neighborhood meeting that
connecting Orchard Place will offer a convenient loop for Transfort off of Elizabeth,
north down Ponderosa then east on Orchard Place. We do not want bus traffic in our
residential neighborhood.
City Comforts planning guide advocates interruption of traffic through residential
neighborhoods. "When the street grid is broken, the speedy and sometimes annoying
flow of traffic through a neighborhood is disrupted." The plan to extend Orchard Place
contradicts this sound planning guidance.
A Better Alternative...
Jefferson Commons' residents will be students, with their primary destinations being
school, shopping and work The project requires two entrances. The main entrance faces
Elizabeth. Provide an east entrance at Plum Street (with no connection to
Ponderosa) which directs motorists right to Taft Hill through Sun Ray Apartments.
The area development will impact Elizabeth, Mulberry and Overland Trail no matter,
This is the best time to get a clear picture of eventual traffic flow, so these streets can
receive appropriate, neighborhood friendly, improvements now.
Thanks for taking a look at this issue. Please take a few minutes to write Mike Ludwig and have a
say in this plan. Respond as quickly as possible, or at least 2 days before the Planning and Zoning
Hearing scheduled 3/26/96. We encourage you to attend that hearing also, and we
appreciate your neighborhood participation.
Sincerely,
Mark & Gail Yerbic
This situation reminds us of the lyrics to a familiar song: "...don't it always seem to go that you
don't know what you've lost until it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
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730 Ponderosa, #2
Fort Collins, CO 80521
482-9497
To Our Neighbors:
2/28/96
We are compelled to share information with you that will affect your property values and your
quality of life. The city is proposing connection of Orchard Place from Ponderosa through to Taft
Hill as part of the Jefferson Commons student housing development project
We request that you write a letter to Mike Ludwig, City Planner urging him to
abandon the issue of the Orchard Place extension. We have enclosed a stamped, addressed
envelope for your convenience. Please also take a look at the enclosed letter stating our realtor's
concerns and see the attached map.
We do not want a street where our pedestrian/bike path now exists. Why change a good thing?
The existing street system is serving the neighborhood successfully_ It already works.
Connection would increase traffic directly through the heart of our neighborhood. Jefferson
Commons residents need not generate any additional traffic in our neighborhood, if an alternative
route is provided.
Here some points you may want to consider and include in your letter.
Keeping the path is good for our city...
City Comforts, a current, widely used planning guide says, "Me person as driver
overwhelms the very same person as walker-" The pedestrian/bike path is well
established and encourages alternative transportation, a current hot topic for our city.
Security...
The function of major streets like Elizabeth and Mulberry is to divert traffic out and
around, not through the middle of a neighborhood. The plan to extend Orchard Place
would divert traffic into the heart of our neighborhood. This is highly undesirable and
will encourage non -neighborhood traffic.
Natural surveillance is a main principal in neighborhood security. The more people
out of their homes, out of their cars —eyes that care —the more neighborhood security.
Property Values...
When traffic increases, property values tend to decrease.
This path is heavily used especially by neighborhood children who attend Moore
Elementary. Access to a grade school by a route free of commuter traffic adds value to
our neighborhood.
Safety Concerns...
Traffic will increase with all the development in our area_ A straight shot through our
neighborhood all the way to Elizabeth will encourage hurried motorists to avoid traffic
signals and law enforcement on Elizabeth or Mulberry_ That is the route our kids walk
and bike to school! The principal at Moore Elementary doesn't like the idea at all. He's
concerned that the increased traffic in an already congested area will put our children at
February 16, 1996
CITY OF FT COLLINS
Current Planning Department
Michael Ludwig
PO Box 580
Ft Collins CO 80522-0580
Dear Mike,
I appreciate the opportunity to participate in neighborhood meetings. Last night being my first such meeting
and certainly not my last.
In my opinion, PDI presented itself well to the group. At meeting's end, many attendees were not nearly as
pessimistic about the possibility of a "student" housing project coming to their neighborhoods as they were
upon their arrival.
The consensus however was still very negative regarding the city's plans to improve roadways in the vicinity of
this project; more specifically the intersection at North Taft Hill Rd and West Elizabeth St and traffic flow on
West Elizabeth St between Ponderosa Dr and North Taft Hill Rd.
A point made over and over again regarding 80-some% of residents in this complex owning vehicles but not
necessarily using them to commute to campus fell pretty much on deaf ears. Pedestrian and bicycle traffic back
and forth between King Sooper and the new complex will most definitely cause congestion the likes of which I
can't even begin to imagine given the present situation is bad enough without them. Right now, certain hours of
the day are a free-for-all what with cars and people all vying for space in the middle (left) turn lane in this area.
I avoid said intersection as much as possible. When left turn arrows are added I will be pleased, however it will
do nothing for the traffic congestion on West Elizabeth. I was repeatedly insulted by claims the turn arrows
would be the answer to all problems.
If the city does it's part to improve the roadways in this region, I can see no reason why PDI should not be
granted their wish to develop this project where they request. It makes perfect sense to increase the number of
multi -family dwellings, particularly with an emphasis on student renters, given Colorado State expects to
increase enrollment to approximately 25,000 by the year 2,000.
Thanks again for the opportunity to exercise my civic right/duty. I look forward to the zoning/planning meeting
next month on this particular PUD.
�ncerely,
aun Gail Jo e
32 Pondero r
Ft Collins CO 80521-3
Cambridge House Apartments
1113 West Plum St
Fort Collins, CO 80521
(970) 484-7756
February 12, 1996
Michael Ludwig
City Planner
City of Fort Collins
281 N College Ave.
Fort Collins Co 80521
Dear Mr. Ludwig,
RECEIVED FEB 1 3 1996
I will be unable to attend the meeting on Jefferson Commons
on Thursday 2/15. I wanted to express a concern about the
project.
I had heard that there was a proposal to reduce the number of
parking spaces required by the City code for their project. I
believe to reduce the number of spaces would be a mistake.
Here at Cambridge House Apartments we have 101, 2 bedroom
apartments and one, one bedroom apartment for a total of 203
bedrooms. We currently house 211 students. We have issued 193
parking'permits for our lot, which has 187 spaces. I believe we
have more spaces available than are required under current code.
These numbers are typical of our academic year occupancy.
We are located right across from Campus and we still have
almost every resident with a vehicle. The reality is when
students choose to live off campus they plan to have a vehicle.
Even with Transfort, and possible project owned transportation to
campus, most students still opt to drive there. Even our
residents, who live right across the street, drive to campus.
Many students have to work while at school and they need
convenient transportation. Unfortunately Transfort often does NOT
provide the convenience needed for their work situation.
If anything, a project built
be required to have more parking
not less spaces.
Very Truly Yours,
Dennis R. Pfeifer
Manager
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was opposed to the student apartments being built on this sight!!!! Many
valid reasons were brought up,of which there isn't enough time or space
here to state.
The concern I have is greed and lack of responsibility!!!! The City
Zoning and Planning Department is a hoax! They have not enforced zoning
regulations in this area for years! Many complaints have been made from
home owners, to the city, about single family dwellings having too many
people in them and some homes have been converted into two or more apartments
without city approval. Nothing is ever done!
It was brought to my attention, from the City at this meeting, that
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there will be significant negative impacts on area residents. It seems that, once again, the
density of this project may be more than the "neighborhood" can handle.
In summary, this location appears to be a good place for additional apartment units IF the
density of the development is decreased so that it can "fit better" in this area of single
family residences. Decreasing the density should also help mitigate other impacts on
traffic, shopping and utilities.
Thank you for the chance to provide comments on this project. We hope that the City
will keep these and other neighborhood concerns in mind as this development proposal
proceeds through the process.
Sincerely,
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Carol and Bill Evans
JPI STUDENT APARTMENTS PUD
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Access concerns: The proposed number of units may be too high for this site, given its
location adjacent to single family neighborhoods and with existing access problems and
traffic volumes in this area. The developer proposes one point of access for almost 700
units onto a section of West Elizabeth Street where numerous residential and commercial
accesses and the congested Taft Hill/West Elizabeth intersection complicate traffic
movement. This section of road already carries large volumes of traffic. Left turns out
of the proposed Elizabeth Street access will be very difficult and dangerous. We hope
that the Planning Staff and Planning and Zoning Board stand firm in the requirement for
at least one more point of access. An access to Plum or Orchard would allow residents to
turn right onto Taft Hill Road to make their way to campus, rather than left onto
Elizabeth. A right -in access with "decel" lane could be provided off of Elizabeth. A
raised median could be used to restrict left turn movements onto Elizabeth, though any
median structure would have to accommodate delivery vehicles to area businesses
(including King Soopers grocery store). Sidewalks and bike paths or lanes should also be
provided by the developer.
A bus turnaround is proposed. Is a new "direct" route planned for Transfort or will this
just be another stop on the Elizabeth/Overland Trail/Prospect route? Will the developer
provide a bus service similar to Ramblewood Apartments?
Other traffic concerns really hit at the density of this project. Elizabeth and Taft Hill are
arterial streets with high traffic volumes. A conservative estimate of traffic from this
project (using 6 trips per day per unit) would be over 4,000 trips per day. The concerns
mentioned at the neighborhood meeting about football traffic are valid, especially for
those residents of this project who might be trying to head east on game day via the
developer's one point of access onto Elizabeth. Though this situation is limited to just a
few occassions each year, it surely must be taken into account when determining access
requirements for this development.
Utilities: There is currently very low water pressure in this area. How will this
developer address this situation so that this condition does not worsen? Will
improvements required of this developer help to improve the situation? What options are
there for area residents if the water pressure problems do become worse after this project
is completed? Please be sure that the Water/Waste Water Department is aware of this
existing problem so that it is adequately addressed.
Other: Impacts on the surrounding area will include the strain of adding 700 more
people to the check-out lanes at King Soopers! This store is one of the busiest in Fort
Collins and its ability to accommodate a large influx of additional shoppers is
questionable. Its capacity for expansion appears to be somewhat limited. Though King
Soopers corporate officials might be thrilled with the prospect of 700 more customers,
933 Timber Lane
Fort Collins, CO 80521
June 17, 1995 .
Michael Ludwig
City of Fort Collins
Current Planning Section
PO Box 580 -
Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580
RE: PROPOSED JPI STUDENT APARTMENT PUD
Dear Mr. Ludwig:
Please accept this letter as additional input from the neighborhood meeting which was
held on June 7. I was unable to stay for the entire meeting and we would like to add
these comments to those which you have already received.
Compatibility issues: In -fill development is an appropriate goal as long as the
significant negative impacts of the development on the surrounding area can be
mitigated. The location of this project adjacent to existing apartments and a single
family neighborhood complicates this somewhat. The design of this project could be
adjusted to mitigate the negative impacts on the single family neighborhood. By
modifying the developer's "courtyard concept" it would be possible to locate most of the
units nearer the existing multi -family housing in the area. One- and two-story buildings
located on the western side of the property, along with a significant amount of mature
landscaping, could help to ease the transition from single family housing to the multi -unit
apartments.
Putting the parking lots next to the single family dwellings may result in problems with
noise, air quality and litter. How will the parking lots and recreation area be monitored
to mitigate disturbances? These tend to be areas where residents (particularily those who
are partying) will gather. Although the developer says that they cannot exclude non-
students from living here, the very design of the project and the terms of the lease
agreements will surely result in a primarily student population. How many families are
going to rent an apartment furnished with single beds? The influx of students will have
an impact on the immediate neighborhood; some good and some bad. The developer
should be responsible for developing and maintaining a project that will not decrease the
property values in the area. This developer sounds as if they have a high standard for
their projects. Providing "student services" such as computers, copier machines, study
areas etc are nice touches (`though this also points out the emphasis on attracting
students).
Comn iity Planning and Environment -
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
May 25, 1995
Dear Resident:
'ervices
On Wednesday, June 7, 1995 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1709 W. Elizabeth Street*, the
City of Fort Collins Planning Department will conduct a
neighborhood information meeting to discuss a development proposal
i. your neighborhood. The project is referred to as the 7P3
Student Apartment PUD.
The proposal is for a residential Planned Unit Development on 12
acres for approximately 200 apartments. The property is located on
the north side of W. Elizabeth Street, west of Taft Hill Road and
west of the existing Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant.
The list of affected property owners for this public information
meeting 'is derived from official records of the Larimer County
Assessor. Because of the lag time between home occupancy and
record keeping, or because of rental situations, a few affected
property owners may have been missed. Please feel free to notify
your neighbor of this pending meeting so all neighbors may have the
opportunity to attend. If you are unable to attend this meeting,
written comments are welcome.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call our
office at 221-6750.
Sincerely,
IV�� 0 a, .
Michael Ludwig
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City Planner
* The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for
access to City services, programs, and activities and will make
special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities.
Please call 221-6750 for assistance.
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