HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNTRY CLUB NORTH - REZONING - 39-94 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (3)Sincerely,
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D. R. Smith
cc: County Commissioner
2002 Country Club Road
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Aug. 16, 1994
Mr. Ken Waido
Fort Collins Planning Department
Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Dear Mr. Shepard:
This is in regard to the proposed Country Club North rezoning.
I am opposed.. to further development in the Northeast until the
City recognizes and recovers all off -site costs, has a good and
realistic plan for arterial traffic and has the financial means
of implementing it.
The City's involvement in this area really began with the deal
with Anheuser-Busch. The new interchange and three shifts a day
at the brewery drastically changed traffic rates in the Country
Club area. Yet, the City has not made the investments required
to handle the increased traffic; it has .simply relied upon
existing streets to handle the new situation. Traffic on Country
Club Road has doubled.
New developments, such as the 19th Green, the proposed PUD at CR
11 and Richard's Lake Road, and now the proposed rezoning for
Country Club Road will only aggravate the situation because there
is no current or planned alternative to simply dumping the new
traffic on Country Club Road.
The Northeast Area Transportation Study (1992) was very
inadequate. As a consequence of the City's 20-year history of
changing positions on a bypass, Country Club Road has become the
informal bypass.
The City has made no progress on moving the railroads out of Ft.
Collins or in building overpasses to accomodate traffic. Traffic
from the NE is frequently blocked by trains at the intersection
of Lemay and Vine" -causing delays and safety problems.
The extension of Timberline Road is apparently on hold; CR 9E is
a mess.
County residents of this area need the City need the City to
consider the cumulative effects of their actions and mount an
aggressive program for arterial roads if it wishes to develop the
northeast. As a minimum, the developers should be required to
extend CR 9E from Mountain Vista Drive to Douglas Road.