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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSTONEBRIDGE GARDEN APARTMENTS PRELIM PUD - 82 93 - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGNEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING eceive WrittenoNotification of this meeting? AdCorrect . Name Address Zip Yes No Yes No c / as ircu r, C —,U� '`' NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING Project: Meeting Location Date Attendees: Please sign this sheet. The information will be used to update the project mailing list and confirm attendance at neighborhood meetings. Contact the Planning Department (221-6750) if you wish to receive. minutes of this meeting. Did You Receive Written NotificationAddress? of this meeting? Correct Name Address Zip Yes No Yes No u - t- �lZ71 ("e,Q6f— �l ! 3 a X III L-,1eu- h )( ?Pr 1Q�►� 1336 �/1P GoJ� C/�'SZS ��r rs %i ii� ,- L / S! Co r G z �C �aOSa� I x �- /3 1 @o:r7x x �r✓ / �v� �r<. ✓ X X I l3� l ;�6 tZuratif /33/ j�/� t,°i dbs�y' X f' oeri „ 1300 i'va Cr r-f ?os'zs x 't 05,7 25. Question: What about the lighting proposed for this project? Answer: It will meet the residential standards. There will be 8' to 10' high poles with down -directed incandescent light fixtures. They will be on timers. There will be balcony light from the units only. The City has standards to evaluate and restrict light spillage from the site. 26. Question: Will Wheaton Drive have a bus route? Answer: No. Bus routes are typically located on arterial streets. 27. Question: How far will the buildings be set back from Wheaton Drive? Answer: They will be about 30' from the property line and 40' from the curbline of the street. There will be berming provided between of the buildings and the street. 28. Comment: We would like to build the sidewalk along Harmony Road adjacent to Courtney Park so that there will be continuous sidewalk between Wheaton Drive and Lemay Avenue. At this time Mr. Junge asked the participants a series of questions about some design elements of the plan and encouraged responses to the questions: * Do you want another neighborhood meeting? Yes, we would like one. * Referring to Plan C - do you want parking located outside, between the buildings and the streets? No, we do not. * Do most people prefer parking on the interior of the site? Yes. * Do you want fencing along Wheaton Drive with this project? No, we prefer berming and landscaping. * Would people like landscaping on the northeast side of Wheaton Drive, adjacent to Golden Meadows? Yes, do it! 18. Question: How long will this project take to construct, start to finish? Answer: We want to begin next spring, 1994, and finish by about March of 1995. 19. Question: Where will construction parking be accommodated? Answer: We will accommodate our construction parking on - site and the access will be from Wheaton Drive via Harmony Road. 20. Question: Will the roof shingles and siding match the Courtney Park Apartments? Answer: They will be very similar to the materials and colors of Courtney Park. 21. Question: Is there a proposal to install a traffic light at the intersection of Wheaton Drive and Lemay Avenue? We would like this to be considered. Answer: Traffic warrants will have to be met before a light would be installed. The required traffic study will determine this. 22. Question: How may parking spaces will be provided with this project? Answer: There are planned to be 320 parking spaces, including the garages. 23. Comment: I have a concern about security and the safety for the neighbors. Plan B, with the parking interior to the site, serves me best. I like the single point of access into the development. It makes it feel more like a "gated" community. I am pleased to see 3 alternatives for the layout of the development presented. 24. Question: What type of landscaping is being proposed? What will be the sizes and types of plant materials? Answer: We will not skimp on the landscaping. It will meet the City standards of 2" caliper or larger for deciduous shade trees. There will be a lot of evergreen trees that will help soften the project. Location is the key, with lots of plant material around the perimeter of the project for screening. There must be a balance between quantity and quality. Berming is very important to the visual character of the project. The Harmony Corridor Plan has a palette of plant materials that will govern the landscape style and materials. 12. Question: There is concern about affordable housing in Fort Collins. Are rents at $750 to $850 per month considered affordable? Who will manage this issue? Will students combine to afford these rents? Answer: City policy and code regulates the maximum of three unrelated individuals in a living unit. Non- compliance is a code enforcement issue. 13. Question: What will be the make-up of the future tenants? Answer: It will be people waiting for homes to be built, young people who can not afford a single family home yet, new people moving into Fort Collins. Demographics indicate that students will not live beyond a one mile radius from campus. Less than 5% will "commute" to campus, and they are usually graduate students or married couples. 14. Question: How will the stormwater runoff for this site be handled? Won't this development compound the situation? Is the storm drainage facility sized to handle this new development? Answer: The storm drainage facility will be sized to handle this development. There must be on -site stormwater detention provided and the release rate cannot exceed the historic flows for this site. 15. Question: How will the use of the private garages be controlled, especially if the project is sold? Answer: The City cannot manage the development. It has no control over private development covenants. We will make sure that the P.U.D. provides adequate parking and there will be an on -site management program. The City Zoning Code does not allow business uses in the garages. 16. Comment: We will want the garages to be screened from Wheaton Drive. 17. Question: How big is Courtney Park and how many units are there in that project? What is Courtney Park like compared to your project? Answer: Courtney Park is on about 13 acres, compared to our 10 acres, and it has 240 living units (was approved for 253), compared to our proposed 170 living units. 5. Question: What will the elevations of the buildings on Wheaton be like? Answer: We are willing to put the end section, 2-story facades along that street. 6. Question: Will parking be allowed on Wheaton Drive? Answer: No, parking will not be allowed on Wheaton Drive. All the required parking for this project will be provided on -site. 7. Question: What will be the total number of occupants in this project? Answer: There will be 3-bedroom units proposed for all related individuals (a family), 1- and 2-bedroom units proposed for two related individuals. Full- time on -site management will be provided. The rent level and market will determine the occupants. These units will be priced similar to the Courtney Park Apartments, $750 to $850 per month and up for a 1,100 square foot 3-bedroom unit. 8. Question: Where are the garages? Answer: There will be 10 garages in each apartment building and freestanding garage buildings in the parking areas. 9. Question: What about parking for boats, motorbikes, etc? Answer: They will be screened from view if the parking areas are interior to the site. Berming and landscaping will be provided for visual buffer. 10. Comment: We would prefer to have the access for this project align with the proposed shopping center egress/out on Wheaton Drive rather than have it directly across from the Monte Carlo Drive intersection. 11. Comment: There is lots of traffic and pedestrian use on Monte Carlo Drive from Golden Meadows to Kruse Elementary School. The increased traffic from this multi -family project will compound already existing traffic problems. Additional traffic from the future shopping center will further compound the issue. Community lanning and Environmental Sei . _es Planning Department City of Fort Collins Neighborhood Information Meeting Minutes for STONEBRIDGE GARDEN (formerly Country Village) APARTMENTS Date: November 29, 1993 Applicant: James S. Junge Junge/Reich/Associates 4141 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder, CO. 80303 City Planner: Steve Olt The potential applicant, Jim Junge, has expressed an interest in developing a multi -family residential project on vacant land at the northwest corner of East Harmony Road and Wheaton Drive. The purpose of this meeting was to introduce Mr. Junge and his representatives to the affected property owners and other potentially affected interests in attendance and enable them to ask questions about, express their concerns about, or express their support for the development proposal. The following questions, concerns, and responses were expressed at the meeting: 1. Question: Are the 2- and 3-story buildings similar to the units on the west side? Answer: Yes, they will be similar to the Courtney Park Apartments. 2. Question: What is the mass of the buildings on Wheaton Drive? Answer: They will be 26' high, in two stories, with pitched roofs. 3. Question: As a P.U.D., will this be developed in stages? Answer: It will be built as "one" whole project. It will be built all at one time. 4. Question: what will the topography, the grade, of the site be like? Answer: It will be regraded lower than it is now, with berms along the street frontages. 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