HomeMy WebLinkAboutREGISTRY RIDGE PUD, PHASE I - PRELIMINARY - 32-95A - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONThere are several additional issues and concerns which have not been addressed in
this letter. I would like to know about the issues of sidewalks/bike paths as they
pertain to Ridgewood Hills and the.proposed Registry Ridge development.
Sincerely,
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C. Dean Miller
1300 La Eda Lane
Fort Collins, CO 80526
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city willing to build sidewalks/bike paths to.tie together the properties being
developed with other properties within the.city? Sidewalks/bike paths would help to
maintain some of the quality of life I have experienced in the pasta
My impression is that the city will require developers to provide some amenities
(sidewalks/bike paths) on the properties they develop, but I see very little evidence
that these checkerboard, islands of developments will be tied together with
sidewalks/bike paths. However, can the city require developers to build
sidewalks/bike paths to the nearest sidewalks/bike paths already established within,
the city? If the city can require developers to build sidewalks/bike paths to the
nearest sidewalks/bike paths in the city, how often does the city require this kind of
work to be done? What happens if a developer starts to build homes and does not •
comply with the requirements to build sidewalks/bike paths to connect the contiguous.
properties within the city?
Can the Planning and Zoning Board stipulate/require developers to tie developments_
together via sidewalks/bike paths? `'hat happens if developers do not comply? Who
is responsible for monitoring compliance? .These questions are particularly relevant
for me in that I thought I heard k1r. Carnes stipulate approval of the Registry Ridge
P.L.D. was contingent upon the developer agreeing to build a sidewalk (with: a.
specified width for the sidewalk and a specified distance between the sidewalk and,
the edge of the road) from the corner of Trilby and Shields to the sidewalk at the
southwest corner of Clarendon Hills. This issue of the Sidewalk has never been
mentioned again to my knowledge even though I thought the lawyer for the Registry.
.Ridge developer said they would be willing to do that.
I checked with civil engineers who work a lot for developers and they told me not to
count on the sidewalks connecting the proposed Registry Ridge development and the
nearest existing city sidewalks at Clarendon Hills.
However, another option would be to connect the proposed Registry Ridge
development with Ridgewood Hills development with a sidewalk/bike path paid for
by the developers or the City of Fort. Collins. However, the northeast corner or the
Ridgewood Hills development is approximately 0.2 miles from College Avenue. From
the intersection of Trilby and College Avenue it is approximately 0.5 miles to the
nearest sidewalk on "trilby (east of College) and approximately I mile north to the
nearest sidewalk on College (near %Feberg's furniture store),
These possibilities are predicated on the arguments that Ridgewood Hills and the
proposed Registry Ridge developments are contiguous with each other and with other
city property, and that city officials are both willing and interested in tying
developments together with not only adequate streets, and traffic lights but
sidewalks/bike paths as well. Failure to'connect developments with each other and
with existing city developments perpetuates the checkerboard, isolated pockets,
islands of development, leapfrog annexation, and urban sprawl.
March 3, 1996:
Mr. Mike Ludwig, Director
City of Fort Collins "1
Planning Department
281 North College Avenue ✓�j�����i 11 Fort Collins, CO 80524
Dear Mr. Ludwig:
My wife and I reside at 1300 La Eda.Lane, one block north of Trilby and two blocks
west of Shields. In future discussions of developments in our area I would like for
you and other cityrepresentatives to specifically address the issues of maintaining
and enhancing the quality of life in our area in relation to the proposed developments.
It would also be helpful to me if developers had to identify specific ways they will
maintain and enhance the quality of life for people who already reside in the area as
well as for the people who will be moving into the area
The Ridgewood Hills development and the proposed Registry Ridge development
may eventually have a great impact on our area. Both Ridgewood Hills and the
proposed Registry Ridge are "islands" of development separated and surrounded by
open spaces and houses built on acreage's. Ridgewood Hills and the proposed
Registry Ridge development may or may not be separated by open space (275
manufactured housing units east of Shields and south of Trilby, DALCO P.L.D., or
the land may be deeded to Fort Collins).
City representatives, and developer's lawyers and representatives, argue that
Ridgewood Hills and the proposed Registry Ridge development are contiguous to
each other and to other properties within the city limits. There has been some talk
about avoiding isolated pockets of development, and developing a network of
sidewalks and/or bike paths to connect neighborhoods and adjacent (contiguous)
areas to provide freedom of movement both within and between neighborhoods and
communities.
The importance of sidewalks/bike paths in our area is evident in the extensive use of
the sidewalk/bike path on the west side of Clarendon Hills and adjacent to Shields
street. My wife and I have commented on numerous occasions about the frequent
and extensive use of the sidewalk/bike path by families, individuals, older people,
runners and people taking pets for a walk
If I accept the point -of -view that Ridgewood Hills and the proposed Registry Ridge
development are contiguous, are developers required to build sidewalks/bike paths to
the nearest sidewalks/bike paths within the city? However, since the city of Fort
Collins has annexed the property that affects the quality of my life the most, is the