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development access Country Club directly. There is 750 feet
between Highway 1 and Ford Lane. Surely there is enough room
for a direct access street.
- The density of the proposed development is too high. In
order to buffer the density increase into the non city
surrounding area, we propose a reduction in the number of
lots per acre. The area near the proposed development
features large lots and open space. Please consider the
quality of life of the existing residents who honestly don't
want to be in the City or live in a high density area.
- A bike path, or sidewalk should be constructed along
Country Club Road between Highway 1 and North Lemay Avenue
before additional development proceeds. Country Club Road
through the described stretch is dangerous for children and
adult pedestrians already. There is no shoulder c;
pedestrian pathway. I invite you to please come up here when
the children are getting on school busses, and people are
going to work on bikes and in cars. It is already a very
hazardous situation. I have a young family and am very
concerned. Highway 1 is worse, especially at the
intersection of Spaulding Lane, 287 and the Highway. The
City Planning office says some reconfiguration of Highway 1
is "planned" but can't say when or if it will really happen.
When I ask you last week via telephone how children from the
proposed Falcon Ridge PUD will get to downtown or Greenbriar
Park, and you said "On Country Club Road". To be fair to the
existing residents of the area, the City should require an
upgrade of Country Club Road prior to additional
development. There are not sixty homes which access it
directly now. Falcon Ridge proposes that many new houses.
- An alternative to upgrading Country Club Road would be for
the City and developers of Falcon Ridge (and perhaps the
County) to provide pedestrian trail access across Spaulding
Lane towards Greenbriar Park. With the proposed
redevelopment of the North College, such pedestrian access
will be a good long term investment in the safety and
quality of life of Northside residents.
Thank you for your time. Please feel free to contact me
regarding these or relates issues.
Sincerely,
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Tim Carney (phone 48 4093)
Tim Carney May 18, 1994
2101 Sandstone Drive
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Steve Olt
City of Fort Collins Planning Department
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, Colorado 80522
I am a resident of the Rim Rock Subdivision which is located
just north of the Fort Collins city limits, due east of the
proposed Falcon Ridge PUD. Falcon Ridge is located on land
recently annexed into the City of Fort Collins at the corner
of Country Club Road and Colorado State Highway 1. A Fort
Collins Planning and Zoning Board meeting is scheduled to
hear review of the proposed development Monday, May 23.
Unfortunately, due.to business commitrCnts, I will be unable
to attend the upcoming P&Z Board meeting on this
development.
As a resident of Rim Rock, and not a City resident, I along
with other concerned county residents have been trying to
reduce the impact of the proposed subdivision on our lives.
We are not opposed to development, but feel we are being
bulldogged by the City and want our voices heard. We need
your input to balance what we perceive as unfair impacts on
our lives. Some residents have been here for almost 25
years.
I have reviewed the proposed development and ask you to use
your influence with the City P&Z Board to recommend the
following changes made to the PUD as currently presented:
- This development should access Country Club Road directly.
It is unfair to the non -city residents of Ford Lane and
Rimrock subdivision to dump the traffic and associated
noise, litter and hazards onto our street. Ford Lane has
been a sleepy dead-end street with seven houses and a good
quality of life for 25 years. There are many children with
no where else to play, including a hearing impaired young
man.
According to the City of Fort Collins Traffic Department, it
is feasible to access Country Club directly through Falcon
Ridge and avoid the unfair impact on Rim Rock. However, the
developer and your planning staff apparently PREFER not to.
I suggest access through what is now planned as Fox Den
Court or through reconfiguration of the Falcon Ridge Street
plan. This will also save the developer the cost of
upgrading Ford Lane which has no curb, gutter or sidewalks.
Note that the developments furnished traffic study foresees
no significant impact on Country Club Road from Falcon
Ridge. While I find this so utterly ridiculous as to be
pathetic, this very point supports our request that the