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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREGISTRY RIDGE - OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 32-95 - REPORTS - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (33)The existing 36" culvert is not large enough now and needs to be increased in size. Northern Engineering made a proposal to the City of Fort Collins Storm Water Drainage calculating water runoff through an existing 48 inch culvert which is really a 36 inch culvert. The calculations for a 48 inch culvert is 76.7 cubic feet per second (cfs) and is not large enough to handle the storm drainage for the proposed 'property development. The culvert runs full height (36 inches) several times a year and would probably need to be increased to 48 inches now to meet the existing conditions. We have talked to Roger E. Prenzlow of Associated Brokers of Fort Collins, who represents Mr. Jim McCory of Colorado Land Source Ltd., 8101 East Prentice Avenue, Suite M180, Englewood, CO 80111. He wants us to grant to DALCO Land, Limited Liability Company a storm drainage easement for the Registry Ridge, P.U.D. subject to the following conditions (see attached letter). Nothing is defined in this letter as to what they propose to do. There are no guarantees that our rights and property will be protected. We will be willing to grant an easement across our property if we can get some resolution on the following: 1. That the problem be reviewed by a professional engineering company for a design that will minimize future soil erosion and washout under the culvert be designed. 2. That the grading and implementation for the improvements be done without additional cost to the property owner. 3. Widening of Trilby Road. In the last road improvement the county raised the roadway about 18 inches. They did help and provide some material to raise our driveway for egress onto Trilby Road, but we could not getout in snow or ice. We had to have 1500 yards of fill added to exit parallel to Trilby Road to get in and out in snow and ice. Any widening of the roadway again will only cause steeper grades into or out of our property. Would the city consider expanding the road widening only to the south side of the road easement.? Sincerely, �� Larry and Barbara Wilson 2Zlo-O(oS�c or ZZ9- S!o// In 1980's the county road was upgraded and the roadway was raised up by 18 inches from our place and south past the original contour low spot. Yearly the water runoff builds up higher than the 36" inch culvert on the south side of Trilby Road. This is causing erosion across our property. In about 1983 we had the pasture graded because we had some ruts and washouts as deep as two feet. This was done to protect our horses from getting hurt. We had a contractor place 1300 yards of dirt and grade the soil to allow drainage to the north. With the expansion on the south side of Trilby road we now have more water, and this has caused deep ruts across our property again. As the area has expanded the county has funneled water back to Smith Creek and more drainage has occurred. Now water is returning from a half mile west of Taft Hill Road. The Fort Collins/Loveland water district also uses the storm drain as an overflow for the water storage tank. The County has increased the culverts of property owners to the southwest of us from 12 inches to 24 inches so they could drain without backing up. This additional faster flow may cause more soil erosion on our property (see attached photos) and will only get worse with additional drainage from the development across the street. No easement has ever been granted for dischargeacross the property . We have not been successful in getting any response from the county representatives. Now we are backed into a corner and need to do something. The developer, DALCO, is requesting an easement across our property for storm water discharge. We would consider this if we did not have an existing problem with Larimer County that we cannot get resolved. To grant them an easement may only compound the existing problem. The developer is hinting that this is a existing problem that they are getting stuck with. The developer's proposal to build a settlement pond and allow the water to percolate and evaporate on site could be a health problem by holding stagnant water and create a mosquito breeding ground. Also the odor from green scum that forms on stagnant water would be a real problem. The developer has not addressed this problem and until he gives us some well-defined answers to these problems, we do not feel comfortable granting an easement. They really need to consider adding an overflow basin that would allow some natural release, but it would need to be designed so as not to add to an existing problem and cause damage to our property. September 9, 1995 Mr. Mike Ludwig City of Fort Collins Planning Department 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 Dear Mr. Ludwig: Listed below are some concerns we have about a housing development that is being proposed by DALCO Land, LTD., south of our property on Trilby Road. We are located between Shields and Taft Hill Road at 1520 West Trilby Road. Larimer County, Lot 15, Mountain Valley Acres, Situated in the southeast 1/4 section 10, T.6N., R69 W. of the sixth P.M. Larimer County. We have had to spend our money on two different occasions to correct items on our property because of increased water flow for storm drainage and road improvement. So we are really concerned how this development will affect our property. We do not feel that we should loose value to our property to benefit a developer. 1. We feel that lower density housing might be a step in the right direction. We ask the City to reconsider the present density requirements and make a variance in this situation. This is basically a rural area. For the environment's sake and the neighborhood, why not put these houses on 1/2 to 1 acre lots. 2. Storm water discharge. An existing problem is causing some loss to our property. Larimer County is using our place for discharge of storm water drainage from the south.. The county changed the drainage contours with the building of Trilby Road, or County Road #34, in the late 1960's. The natural contour for drainage was about 300 yards to the south. A 36 inch drainage culvert was placed under Trilby road at 1520 W. Trilby at about that time. In 1977 during heavy rainfall or snow melting, the water would run through the culvert that was added across our property and the overflow would run across the dirt road to the west.