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homes; five acres for multifamily
residences; three acres for a day-
care center, 7.2 acres for a school
site; 3.1 acres for a recreation cen-
ter; six acres for a neighborhood
park. 9.5 acres for a commercial
site; and 44.2 acres of open space.
If the proposed school — which
lies within the Thompson R2 J
school district — is not built, that
parcel will be used for housing.
The park, adjacent to the
school, would be a joint use park/
�-achool site if the school is built.
Another aspect of the project is
,e off -site donation of 102 acres
open space by the developer,
aloo Land LLC. That land is
east of the project on the south-
east corner of Trilby and Shields.
joutn residents `extremely disappointed'
By DAVID PERSONS
The adoan
I--, u reaction of south Fort Col-
lin, residents to the approval
Mt !,iv night of the overall devel-
op: plan for Registry Ridge
wa predictable — they were dis-
appointed.
"Absolutely," said LeAnn Thie-
man, who represented about 40
families at the city's Planning and
Zoning Board meeting.
It was Thieman who spoke to
the board early, raising questions
aL - the following:
0 The project's size (245 acres)
and density (maximum of 702
housing units).
■ The loss of open space be-
tween Fort Collins and Loveland.
■ The decision not to postpone
the project until spring when the
new urban -growth plan is com-
pleted. and submitted to the City
Council.
Despite some early spirited de-
te among board members, the
gall plan for the project even-
tually won approval, as did t` e
preliminary plan for the 196-ac
Phase I part of Registry Ridge.
"I'm extremely disappointed, `But I hoped it wouldi.W'.post-
but we're extremely dedicated," pond. I think v .at wsee
said Thieman. "We will appeal now is much mure leapfrogging
this ... and take it all the way." (other developments going in next
Others voiced their frustration to Registry Ridge)."
as well- Mark Thieman, LeAnn Me-
Mey went by the book," said man's husband. also made his
Vara Vissa, another area resi- plea
dent. "There's no point to have us "This is a change in
come and discuss it. ... It (the space between _ Collins aa.d
project) is in the city, and they Loveland," he said. "Tin asking
have rules." that you postpone the PUD
"I was impressed with their (planned -unit development) until
willingness to consider so many the urban -growth plan is ap-
aspects," said Dean Miller, who proved next spring. We're not
has lived in the area 32 years. talking forever."
Charter State economy to slow in '96
med h of Pift° Al By The Associated Press employment is expected to reach a record 1.8 mil-
ira;e a dialogue." BOULDER — The state's economy will slow lion.
Board members said they needed down in 1996 after two years of rapid growth, but The unique forecast represents the consensus of
more information before they could 45,400 new jobs will be created, the University of more than 75 Colorado business, education and
begin a negotiations process. Colorado's annual economic forecast predicted government leaders, based on their contacts, their
In. the weeks _since the application, M�dyy -� ,__. .-_,..�..�- own expertise and economic projections.
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Homeless
Caft osd from Pats Al
early .11,1ay morning in the
wake ,, an arctic cold front that
sent temperatures plunging late
last week.
"It's one of those unfortunate
thing-- that certainly can happen
wit` Iter," said Fort Collins
poli, Brad Hurst.
Ht:: ud investigator believe
Wenzel had been drinku g. Sev-
eral liquor bottles were found
near hi i body.
Wenzel died under a building
in the 100 block of Chestnut
Street. He had gone down a ramp
that built to allow basement
acc the north side of the
builuu,g and was using an area
below the structure for a shelter.
A fPw minutes before S a:m.
M, , passel -by called pdhee.
term., ::em he was concerF
about the welfare of a man v : .
a, to be ;sleeping beneath
t1-, ,ag..
When officers arrived, they dis-
covered he was dead.
The Rev. Richard Thebo, direc-
tor of the Open Door Mission, said
he did not know V - --zel but was
nonetheless Bade, .2d by the
man'- '. ith.
"I r re just as much hummer
beings as you and Thebo said
"I get frustrated and everything
else because they're drinking, but
that doesn't make them any less a
human being."
Jim Wirshborn, chief meteo-
rologist at Mountain States
Weather Services, said the mer-
cury was in the low teens at the
time Wenzel probably succumbed.
Little is known about Wenzel.
Hurst said the man apparently
came to Fort Collins in mid-1993,
after which he was arrested or
ticketed a number of times on
minor offenses such as liquor vio-
lations, failure to appear in court
and theft.
Police officers who encounter
people sleeping on the streets in
cold we. rry to get them into
shelters . .ietoxification centers,
Hurst said.
"We have an obligation to peo-
ple's welfare when we come into
contact with them," he said. "We
try to ' `rem, get what it is
they nt
Went ..eath came on the
same weekend three men died of
exposure u, er.
Hurst, a 'an of more than
20 years with the police depart-
ment, could not recall a similar
case in Fort Collins. Neither could
Thebo.
"It tears you apart inside," he
said "You can say, `Hey, straight-
en your life •ip, get off the booze.'
But they won't stop."
Model was sexually Fssaulted
By The Associated Press driving.
LOS ANGELES — Mode; The autopsy found that Sobek
Linda Sobek was legally drunk was "sexually assaulted prior to
and sexually assaulted before her her death," the statement said.
death by asphyxiation, an au- Coroner spokesman Scott Carrier
topsy report confirmed Monday. refused to elaborate.
"The mode of death is ruled as "I don't know the nature of the
homicide," said a statement from sexual assault," he told reporters.
the Los Angeles County medical Sobek, 27, WE her Hermosa
examiner's office. - -- Beach apartment Nov. 16 for a
Tests revealed that Sobek's freelance modeling assignment
blood alcohol level was .13 per- and never returned. Photographer
.cent,.over the. 08, percent level to ,._Charles Rathbun led authorities
ineve3k sharply
WASHINGTON— The - num-
ber of black -owned businesses has
increased sharply, topping
620,000 in 1992, although most
are small service and retail funs
with receipts under $10,000 a
year -
Black -owned businesses in-
creased 46 percent, from 424,165
in 1987 to 620,192 in 1992, the
Census Bureau said Monday.
That was well ahead of the 26
percent increase in all businesses
in the country.
At the same time, receipts by
111+ese companies jumped 63 per-
from $19.8 billion to $32.2
billion. That is comparable to a 67
percent increase in receipts for all
businesses in the nation.
3 more members
of house leaving
WASHINGTON — Three
House members announced Mon-
day they will retire next year. Two
are leaving politics, and the third,
Democrat Robert Torricelli of New
Jersey, said he'll run for an open
Senate seat.
The departures by Torricelli,
Oklahoma Democrat Bill Brew-
ster and Texas Republican Jack
"4alds mean at least 27 seats —
Democratic and eight Republi-
can — will be open contests in the
November election.
The House lineup is 235 Repub-
licans, 197 Democrats, one inde-
pendent and two vacancies.
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By DAVID PERSONS
The Coloradoan
The overall development plan
for the Registry Ridge subdivision
in far south
Area regIdolft Fort Collins
was - ap-
proved Mon-
day night by the city's Planning
and Zoning Board
But the approval, which came
on a 4-2 vote, didn't come without
some debate.
Ennc F. Marti/The Associated Press
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girl looks at the adults among the thousands of Sarajevans praying during a ment control after the signing of the Bosnia Peace Agreement See re -
unity rally in downtown Sarajevo. Mondays event pushed for peace in the lated story, Page A3.
P&Z OKs island of develo
"Phis is an island of devel- ilies. `Whey heard our points. But
opment in an ocean of open ('TrO�I �}h what it came back to was what
space," said board member Glen v vv ul
Colton. "Pm afraid it's an island of using
density, and Pm not sure that is of the project, which could pro - units per acre. What we're saying
what we need" duce as many as 702 housing is that the rules are less ap-
In addition to Colton concern, units on the 245-acre site at Tril- plicable here."
approval of the project dis- by Road and Shields Street. In a later 4-2 vote, the planning
appointed many of the residents "We will appeal to the City board .gave preliminary approval
who live adjacent to the property Council for a variance with much . for Phase I of the Registry Ridge
on acreages and farms. Most felt - lower density," said LeArm Thie- planned -unit development. This
the development wasn't needed, man, a resident and a spokes- calls for the development of 510
and all were against the density woman for approximately 40 fam- single-family lots on 196 acres.
Babbitt, Romer
back burnings
By SONIA BISBEE
The Coloradoan
U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce
Babbitt and Gov. Roy Romer
urged Coloradoans to work to-
gether and "fight fire with fire"
during the kickoff of a wildfire
management workshop at Colo-
rado State University on Monday.
"I believe this is a historic effort
to begin a new chapter of fire
management in the West by look-
ing beyond the boundaries of our
respective agencies," Babbitt told
about 200 local residents, govern-
ment officials and representatives
of land -management agencies,
emergency -response teams and
insurance companies.
Babbitt, Romer and U.S. Un-
dersecretary of Agriculture Jim
Lyons who also attended the
statewide event, that e
Environment
burnings.
People have forgotten that
wildfires are an important part of
nature's cycles, Babbitt said.
Without regular fires, forests take
over open spaces, fir and spruce
choke out aspen, and brush en
croaches on grasslands, he said.
And enormous supplies of wildfire
"fuel" accumulate, he added. ,
The price that we have paid for
60, 80 or 100 years of very effec-
fave fire suppression is that we
have changed the succession of ec-
osystems," Babbitt said. "When
fires do come, which they ulti-
mately will, they will be more de-
structive."
Action needs to be taken to
' to
the rule s. The rule says you have
to have at least three (housing)
terson 2.
■ The Mission, operated by Catholic
Charities Northem, 460 Linden Center
Drive, 484-5010.
■ New Bridges, 221 Jefferson St,
224-0490.
■ The Salvation any, 1 01'N. Col-
%ge Ave.,' 93-70'.� J�
the so
The development is planned for
the southwest corner of -Trilby
and Shields at the edge of the
Fort Collins -Loveland corridor.
The city annexed the land, which
is surrounded by the county, in
1981.
The Registry Ridge devel-
opment includes 151 acres for de-
tached single-family homes; 14.4
acres for patio homes and town -
See PdS, Page AS
TRIO OFTAIJERS: U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, days workshop on prescribed bums by Department of
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