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Stormwater Utility
Poudre Fire Authority
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Natural Resources
Thompson School District R2-J
U.S. Home Corporation
Northern Engineering Services, Inc.
Landstar Surveying, Inc.
Project File #32-95E
34. What is planned for the Registry Ridge, Second Filing, to the north of the
detention pond along South Shields Street?
35. There appears to be some ambiguity associated with areas labeled Ped.
Access, Drainage & Landscape Easement and Naturalized Open Space.
36. Overall, the landscaping and plant materials in the open space areas on
the Landscape' Plan appear to be very sparse.
37. Street trees, as shown on the Landscape Plan on Bon .Homme Richard
Drive coming in from the First or Second Filing, should be continued
along that street in this filing.
.38. The surface material for the off-street pedestrian paths must be
described on the Site and Landscape Plans. All of these trails should be
8'in width.
39. Planting Note 8 on the Landscape Plan talks about landscaping in the .
medians/traffic circles conforming to sight distance regulations. The
actual landscaping should be shown on the Landscape Plan.
This completes the staff comments at this time. Additional comments could be
forthcoming. as they are received from City departments and. outside reviewing
agencies.
Under the new development review process and schedule there is a 90 day << 6
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plan revision submittal time -frame mandated by the City. The 90 day
turnaround period begins on the date of the comment letter prepared by
the project planner in the Current Planning Department. Upon receipt, the.0�10,.v
revisions will be routed to the appropriate City departments and outside
reviewing agencies, with their comments due to the project planner no later
than the third weekly staff review meeting (Wednesday mornings) following
receipt of the revisions. At this staff review meeting the item will be discussed qat
and it will be determined if the project is ready to go to the Planning and
Zoning Board for a decision. If so, will be scheduled for the nearest Board
hearing date with an opening on the agenda.
Please return all drawings red -lined by City staff with submission of your
revisions. The number of copies of revisions for each document to be
resubmitted is on the attached Revisions Routing Sheet. Please contact me at
221-6750 if you have questions or concerns related to these comments. I would
like to schedule a meeting with you as soon as possible, if necessary, to discuss
these comments.
Stormwater Utility (Basil Hamdan)
21. Some off -site easements for stormwater flows are needed, maybe from
the City Natural Resources Department.
22. Storm sewers on private property must be within easements and
maintained by a homeowners association.
23. Major storm drainage swales will be maintained by a homeowners
association.
24. A floodplain use permit may be required for some areas in this
development.
25. How will off -site flows from the west move through this Third Filing?
26.. What storm drainage facilities will be built with the First Filing and what
will be built with the Third Filing?
Natural Resources (Kim Kreimever)
27.. The wetlands must be better defined on the plans.
` 28. The Latin names for the seed mix must be included on the Landscape
p ; Plan.
'. .,29. Are any bike/pedestrian connections to the natural areas planned for
r..." development? The City does want connections from locations such as
ends of cul-de-sacs.
Planning
30. Show enhanced crosswalks at the traffic circle.
31. The Site and Landscape Plans should be extended to included all of the
property that is part of this Third Filing. Currently the southerly part of
the property disappears off of the sheets.
32. What surface material will the 8' wide pedestrian paths be constructed
of?
33. The dividing line between the LMN portion and the UE portion of the
development plan should be shown on the Site Plan.
12. The Streets Department wants to know who will maintain the
bike/pedestrian path and do snow removal.
13. Dennis Greenwalt of AT&T Cable Services (formerly TCI of Fort
Collins) stated that they need to have continuous utility easements along
Lots 217 26, 71 & 73, 98 & 99, 108 & 109, 181 — 183, 194 & 195, 206 —
210, 212, and the second 212. A continuous roadside easement is
needed between Lots 46 & 47. Can the tracts be utility easements, also?
14. Rick Lee of the Building Inspection Department stated that there no
building code issues associated with this development plan.
15. A copy of the comments received from the Mapping/Drafting
Department is attached to this comments letter. Please contact Jim Hoff,
at 221-6588, or Wally Muscott, at 221-6605, if you have questions about
their comments.
The following comments and concerns were expressed at the weekly Staff
Review meeting on October 6, 1999: .
Engineering (Marc Virata)
16., The necessary off -site easements may already have been received. The
_actual easements are needed at time of final approval,. before the project.
can be scheduled for a public hearing..Please verify.the status of the
easements.
17. Lots of previous staff comments have not been addressed with this
resubmittal of revisions.
18. The slopes at some or all of the street intersections do not meet the
current City standards.
19. A variance request for the traffic circle, for the use and design, must be
submitted to the City for review. The traffic circle must be able to
accommodate SU-30 vehicles (fire trucks) and must have a 50' inside
turning radius. The circle may have to be larger, which could force the
loss of some lots. A major redesign of the traffic circle may be necessary.
Transportation Planning (Kathleen Reavis)
20. More pedestrian trail connections are needed from the ends of cul-de-
sacs to the greenbelt/open space system.
b. Add the street name to the first cul-de-sac off of Intrepid Court
(plat sheet 2 of 5). Make sure that names are shown on all of the
streets on all of the plat sheets.
C. Provide square footage on each lot on all of the plat sheets. Permits
will not be issued if the recorded plat does not show lot areas.
d. General Note #4 should be transferred to the planting notes on the
Landscape Plan.
e. If the Vicinity Map on the Site Plan is correct, a portion of this
development is in the UE - Urban Estate Zoning District.
Please contact Jenny or Gary, at 221-6760, if you have questions about
these comments.
7. A copy of the comments received from Marc Virata of the Engineering
Department is attached to this comment letter. Additional comments
may -be found on red -lined plans that are being forwarded to the
applicant. Please contact Marc, at 221-6750, if you have questions about
his comments.
8. A copy of the comments received from Donald Dustin of the Stormwater
Utility is attached to this comment letter. Additional comments may be
found on red -lined plans and reports that are being forwarded to the
applicant.. Please contact Donald, at 221-6589, if you have questions
about his comments.
9. Kathleen Reavis of the Transportation Planning Department stated
that her comments regarding bicycle/pedestrian connections and
enhanced crosswalk locations are on a red -lined Site Plan that is being
forwarded to the applicant. Also, Matt Delich should have provided the
required bike/pedestrian Level Of Service sheets as attachments to the
TIS memo and they apparently has not yet been provided. Please contact
Kathleen, at 224-6140, if you have questions about her comments.
10. Rick Richter of the Engineering Pavement Department stated that a
preliminary soils report needs to be submitted to them.
11. Lorie Digliani of the Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority
(L.E.T.A.) stated that all street names on this development plan are OK.
b. Address numerals shall be visible from the street fronting the
property, and posted on a contrasting background (example:.
bronze numerals on a brown brick are not acceptable).
c. Fire hydrants are required with a maximum spacing of 600' along
an approved roadway. Each hydrant must be capable of delivering
1,500 gallons of water per minute at a residual pressure of 20 psi.
Hydrants shall be of an approved type as defined by the water
department and the fire department. In residential properties,
hydrant spacing is 800%
NOTE: A hydrant is required on Ranger Drive between Lots 15 & 16.
A hydrant is required on Bon Homme Richard Drive between
Lots 34 8& 35.
Also, hydrants are recommended at entrances to cul-de-sacs
rather than at the ends.
Please contact Ron, at 221-6570, if you have questions about these
comments.
5. Kim Kreimeyer, the City's Natural Resources Planner, offered the
following comments:
a. Wetlands need to be clearly defined (the graphics are hard to read).
b. Add Latin names to species listed as dryland seed mix. These
species should be native.
C. Are there any uses or trails planned along the wetlands within the
easement that is shown on the subdivision plat and Site Plan? If
so, when are these planned to be built?
Please contact Kim, at 221-6750, if you have questions about her
comments.
6. Jenny Nuckols and Gary Lopez of the Zoning Department offered the
following comments:
a. Add landscaping to the round -about at Bon Homme Richard Drive
and Ranger Drive. Some low growing shrubs and perennial/annual
flowers would be nice, but nothing that will grow too tall so as to
block the views of drivers.
Commu_ _ry Planning and Environmental _rvices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
October 13, 1999
VF Ripley Associates, Inc.
c/o Cathy Mathis
1113 Stoney Hill Drive
Fort Collins, CO. 80525
Dear Cathy,
Staff has reviewed your revisions for the Registry Ridge PUD, Third Filing -
Final that were submitted to the City on September 2, 1999, and would like to
offer the following comments:
1. Jim Slagle of Public Service Company (New Century Energies) stated
that they have no problems with this development proposal and plan.
2. A copy of the comments received from Terry Farrill of the Fort Collins -
Loveland Water District and the South Fort Collins Sanitation
District is attached to this comments letter. Please contact Terry, at
226-3104 - ext. 14, if you have any questions about his comments.
3. A copy of the Thompson School District R2-J Development Impact Report
that was received from Kate Browne of the Thompson School District
R24 is attached to this comment letter. In summary, this development
will not cause district enrollment to exceed service level C (Extended
Utilization). Currently, the high schools in the Loveland area are at
service level D. This situation will continue until the new high school
opens in the fall of 2000. However, this development is not expected to
have a major impact on the student enrollment prior to that time.
4. Ron Gonzales of the Poudre Fire Authority offered the following
comments:
a. Street names shall be re-evaluated with L.E.T.A. for redundant
names, sound -a -likes (Troutman Parkway already exists and may
conflict with the proposed Trout Court), and proper
alignment/orientation with existing streets.
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