HomeMy WebLinkAboutPROSPECT PARK PUD - FINAL - 21-95A - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (3)would only be seen by our constituents as another quick about face by a developer, sending us
down the slippery slope to an unsatisfactory development, and resulting in heightened suspicion
of the development community.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely yours,
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President, PSNA
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Leading the way... June 20, 1997
Mr. Ted Shepard, Project Planner
City of Ft. Collins
281 North College Avenue
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO. 80522-0580
Dear Ted:
Please enter this correspondence into the record of the Prospect Park P.U.D.
As representatives of the neighborhood area, the Executive Board of the Prospect -Shields
Neighborhood Association (PSNA) has recently been approached on two occasions by the
developers of Prospect Park P.U.D. with a request to extend the P.U.D. hours. The justification
for this request was to accommodate a Hollywood Video rental store for placement in this site.
The initial request was for closing hours of 11:00 PM daily. A second proposal was for closing
hours of 10:00 PM Sunday through Thursday, and at least 11:00 PM, but preferably 12:00 AM,
on Friday and Saturday. The extended hours were felt to be necessary for the Hollywood Video
rental store to compete with the two current video rental stores located at the Shields and Drake
intersection (i.e. Blockbuster Video and Moovies). The advantage to the neighborhood of the
extended hours, cited by the developers, were: 1) enhanced neighborhood security due to longer
business hours, and 2) added neighborhood convenience.
On both occasions, in my capacity as President, PSNA, I polled the Executive Board to assess
their positions on these proposals. In both instances, it was a unanimous decision to reject the
proposed extension of the business hours of Prospect Park P.U.D. The PSNA Executive Board
does not have a strong opinion on the value of another neighborhood video rental store being
located in this P.U.D. With two current video rental stores in the neighborhood, the value of
another store for neighborhood convenience is questionable, however. We do not believe that
extended hours will enhance neighborhood safety. As with most neighborhoods in Ft. Collins,
the Prospect -Shields area is already a fairly safe place, except for those places associated with
businesses (e.g. Campus West area). Extending business hours would most likely have an
adverse effect on neighborhood safety.
In the broader picture, it is the feeling of the PSNA Executive Board that 10:00 PM closing
hours are more in keeping with the "neighborhood" focus of this P.U.D. In fact, most businesses
in both Campus West and Raintree Center close by 10:00 PM. While we appreciate the efforts
of the developers of Prospect Park P.U.D. to ask our opinions on this issue, it must be
remembered that in large part neighborhood support of this P.U.D. proposal was predicated on
limited hours of business. PSNA acceptance of extended business hours at this early junctuPp in