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Home My WebLink AboutNORTHBROOK PATIO HOMES @ FAIRBROOKE PUD - PRELIMINARY - 7-94 - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGMw ' . Mw NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING__ Did You, Receive Written NotifIcation of this meeting? Correct, Address. Name ..Address Zip Yes No Yes No Oonm 2-4Z4 �� rw tf SDOZ( ✓J—/ ' I)0 V, S 60e'V--%0-.Ker 2318 Frospe-c.+ Ad 80526 4, �o/sc; .2.21 ducA-!4 Cr ky --7 4 CI 7-5 � 0 An 6 P hOW -A3V 60MA(4,�t MI All d b &A".W gMh� SU.Sa'l (�Ofe-e44ru C Q360 CA\ri.,t V-- 4�05POOAI>VjQ&f. 232q �A�a &Ucic QVIld M0d --Fkck -cn*v'vf F30,9116 X x 25 6061 2-4-1-es;c eOS7ZC SO k gi�1,11?4,ILS ;�2, I S'-- 7A) (e 4 'O".Oor ----- NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING v You Receive Writ itten Notification of this meeting? Correct Address. Naame� Address Zip Yes No Yes No L Jl//5/G/� �� r12. G % is nrr %n �' 1'• U f V 6 0 ✓ �i}iSitJu Z� Zl CIF. E H/}N � 8� %� d,O�S d,3a� W• �PorPPcT 4Q �=� ✓ G v fez ZZ3O Gee rL%.,-oeet Lk-., F;P-- Sos—tL .ScorT' Q� p �../Grw/ o? 3 0 7 t�ieuJCOO �2, Fc . �oszL J ,J — 0213 SOS V O a ti� ��I�utB �)I UJ ect &Q 6 IOMOAM d0kVIS(W AU4. OnWhIAL d5 / V ✓ �� 0 I 1 W / 14A0 � �i �T1 o II � iZ 2-7�19 0C)LIC-44 C�p� L 00 57— C-Mn 222,5 v n r Cl P5 a T3. L. ��Iv�Z 23vy Covrn Cr 6os�,6 v 15. We are submitting a petition.in opposition to this proposal. 16. Bauder Elementary School is over -crowded already. Where will these children go to school? I don't think that they will be able to go to Bauder. I am also concerned about the safety of the children as they walk to school because of the additional traffic. The School District will be given the information about this proposal and they will determine where these children will go to school. The children will be crossing to the west side of Hampshire Road before they get to the local street for this development. They shouldn't be walking past this development because they would end up on Prospect Road. There is a path up to the grounds from Hampshire, south of this local street. We will have the traffic study look into this issue of school children and. cars. 17. If we want to send letters, where do we send them? You can send them to the Planning and Zoning Board c/o City Planning Department PO 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 4 Prospect Road and have been told that we could have access.to City water if the line goes in. The water line will be extended as Prospect Road is widened, with this development and with the City's capital projects. 10. What about positive drainage from the backs of your houses, won't it drain onto our back yards if the distance is only 15'? We will not be draining onto your properties. All of the drainage will be collected and conveyed to the detention pond to the east. 11. We are concerned that this was. supposed to be a church site and now it is houses. We bought our houses thinking that this would be a church someday. How could the City sell the property to a developer for houses when a church was interested in the property. It appears that the City is only thinking about the taxes generated, that would be greater for houses than a church. Bids were accepted for the property and the City accepted the highest bid. The was no development approval for a church, only designation of a potential land use as a church, on the Master Plan (Overall Development Plan). Please contact Suzanne Edminster at the City Finance Department for details about the bidding process. 12. I have concerns about the widening of Prospect. If the City doesn't widen their portion, how can you say that Prospect Road will handle the added traffic from this development? The street would narrow down on both sides of this development and create bottlenecks. The traffic study will give some indication about the number of trips generated by this use and where those trip ends will be directed. •If this development significantly impacts Prospect Road beyond the frontage, say at the intersection of Prospect and Taft Hill, the developer may have to do off -site improvements. The City is looking at constructing these improvements and the widening project within.the next few years. 13. I am concerned with the density of the proposal. It is too many houses on one piece of property. 14. There are a lot of geese on the property now. Willany studies be conducted to protect them? A Seven Springs Ranch the City left fence posts/power line poles for the eagles to perch on. We will contact the Natural Resources Division to see what City requirements are regarding geese. K 5. How can you call this low density? The zoning for that property is low density, please explain how 7.5 houses per acre can be called low density. The RL zoning district allows 6,000 square foot lots, with 60' of width and certain setbacks, in a standard subdivision. The density of that sort of project would be between 4 and 5 dwelling units per acre. This proposal is higher density than many of the new subdivisions which are around 3 dwelling units per acre, but it is lower than townhouses which are typically around 7 to 9 dwelling units per acre. The Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance allows people to propose alternative uses and densities in all zones. Approval is based on the merits of the individual project and on how well impacts of the project are mitigated, ie with buffering, screening, setbacks, transitions, etc. 6. We have concerns about the architecture and whether it will be compatible with our houses. We also are concerned about the closeness of the houses to our backyards on Coventry Court. We are also concerned about the storm drainage given that the lots appear at the same elevation as ours and we have a basement flooding problem already. We want to make sure that this problem is not compounded by this development. The developer should be aware that there is high ground water in the area and that he may not be able to have basements. The houses are proposed to be brick and the designs will be compatible with the existing houses. We have some pictures that you can look at. The setbacks we are proposing (15' rear lot) are not less than what would be allowed in a standard subdivision. Our drainage plans are not complete at this time, but we will not be allowed to add to the problems that exist. The drainage report will be reviewed by the City Stormwater Utility staff and will have to be approved prior to any construction. This project will actually collect the drainage from the backs of the lots on Coventry Court (as well as the lots backing to those) and convey flows to the detention pond east of these developments, by way of a drainage channel or pan between the two properties. 7. Will the drainage channel be grass or concrete? Will this be a green belt between the two subdivisions? Yes, it will be grass, although it may have to have a concrete pan in the bottom to convey flows, depending on the slope. 8. There are surface springs on the property. There may be a problem getting stormwater over to the detention area. 9. Will the water line in Prospect Road be extended to Taft Hill with this development? We have been waiting for a number of years for that line to go in, we live on the north side of E Neighborhood Information Meeting Summary Fairbrooke Tracts G and H The following are comments, concerns, and questions expressed at a neighborhood information meeting held on January 27, 1994 at Bauder Elementary School. The proposed project is for 46 single family paired houses (attached patio homes) on 6.1 acres, located at the southeast corner of Prospect Road and Hampshire Road. Note: All responses are by the applicant, unless otherwise noted. 1. What will the units cost, per side? The basic house will be approximately $125,000. Some units will have custom extras and basements and will be from $140,000 and up. 2. There is a great concern for school children going to and from Bauder and the increase in traffic from this project. The increase in traffic will also negatively impact this neighborhood. The City is supposedly studying the problem now but we haven't heard any results. Staff:. I will contact Rita Davis at the City Transportation Division to see what the status is regarding the study. 3. Why aren't you taking access directly off of Prospect Road? Is it because it is cheaper and easier to access off of Hampshire Road? We have been directed by the City Transportation Division to locate the access on Hampshire because this is a collector street and it is meant to carry. local traffic to the arterial, as opposed to directly onto Prospect, which is an arterial street. only a certain number of access points are allowed directly on an arterial street 4. What sort of widening or other improvements will be made to Prospect Road with this project? Does your plan show the future width or existing width? Is the future width like Prospect east of Taft Hill? We will be responsible for widening Prospect Road, along our property frontage, to current City standards for an arterial street. This includes the pavement width, curb, gutter, and sidewalks on our side of the street. The width is like Prospect Road east of Taft Hill, with four travel lanes, a center lane and bike lanes. 1