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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNEW BELGIUM, 4TH FILING, PACKAGING HALL & BUCKINGHAM ST. - PDP & AMENDED ODP - 1-95F - CORRESPONDENCE - RESPONSE TO STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS (4)• The truck traffic has been adjusted to have both entering and existing truck traffic on Linden Street and entering and exiting employee traffic through the existing access on Buckingham Street. • The parking area has been moved further east to be directly south of the building expansion. This was done to reduce walk distance of employees and make more efficient use of the site. • Detention is shown both south and east of the revised parking lot and off site on New Belgium Brewery property within the Oxbow site. • The Buckingham Street Improvement project has been combined with this project. the revised design indicates improvements along Buckingham east to the Third Street intersection. A variance is being pursued to the LCUASS standard cross section for a minor collector street to allow bump outs. The bump outs have been added to reduce traffic speed and allow safer pedestrian traffic. Sincerely, Luke Oldenburg BHA Design, Inc. a_ December 7, 2005 Ted Shepard Current Planning 281 N. College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80522 Dear Ted, Thank you for taking the time to review this project. As you may very well know this project has changed slightly from its original scope. The project consists of the addition of an approximately 60,000 s.f. packaging hall east of the existing brewery. The following is a description of issues associated with the proposed plans: • This building will be connected to the existing facility by means of an overhead pipe bridge. • The building has been moved as far north on site as possible to allow for a buffer for the Buckingham neighborhood to the south. • New Belgium Brewing Company is planning to incorporate environmental or "green" designs into this project. Some of the designs include the use of day lighting, re -use of process waste water, and pervious pavements, bioswales, and rain gardens to reduce and slow storm water runoff. • One issue that.arose recently concerns the existing vegetation on site. BHA met with Tim Buchanan and Doug Moore and it was determined that some of the vegetation is considered `riparian forest' that would normally require a buffer. Since this is a fragmented portion and our development plans will include a large open space area that could be re -vegetated, Doug felt that staff would support our plans to develop this portion of the site. He recommended that we try to re-create forested groves of native trees with our planting design for the site. The revised design does not intend to remove any of the existing riparian vegetation. The design indicates a significant amount of vegetation on the south side of the parking lot which is intended to be an extension of the riparian forest. This provides a good vegetative buffer for the neighbors to the south and a connection from the riparian forest on site to the riparian area on the Oxbow site. • The building plans require service along north facade and part of the west facade, and future expansion to the east. With that being said the design does not have the required number of trees within 50 feet of the building as required by the full tree stocking section of the land use code. However, with all of the additional riparian forest and additional vegetation shown to the south of the building we feel that the intent of the full tree stocking requirements has been fulfilled. The public view of the building will be from the south, and this design shows the majority of the trees along that facade. • The parking lot landscaping is being has been designed informally to match with the existing and proposed riparian forest character.