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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSPRADLEY BARR DEALERSHIP PRELIMINARY PUD - 64 93B - MEDIA -STATE REGION SECTION ■ Obituaries/2 ■ Classified/3-8 ■ Jumble, crossword/7 eighbors not sold on dealer move KEVIN VAUGHAN Coloradoan "lore than 50 people came out Vednesday night in an effort to put he brakes on Spradley-Barr Ford's love into their neighborhood. At issue is a proposal by the dealer- hilis owners to buy the building that ouses Poudre Valley Rural Electric ssociation at 4809 S. College Ave. "We all know there's going to be de- 1,elopment, but this is a huge leap rom what we have now,". said Gwen ell, a nearby resident. Residents raised several fears: ■ Increased traffic on South College venue and in their neighborhoods. noisy loudspeakers. A preliminary site plan at Wednes- day night's meeting showed Spradley- Barr renovating and expanding the building and tearing out much of the grassy area along College Avenue. "We came here tonight and we fully expected to not have many people sup- port us," said the dealership's Chris Spradley. "But we also came here to listen to your concerns." Poudre Valley REA general manager Ron Carey said the power cooperative has been planning a move for several ■ Damage to Fossil Creek by runoff years and already has acquired land from the site. near the Ptarmigan Golf Course south- ■ Pollution from bright lights and east of Fort Collins. The existing prop- What's next The Fort Collins Planning and Zon- ing Board is holding a public hearing Monday on the proposal to annex land occupied by the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association. The meeting is at 6;30 p.m. at City Hall, 300 LaPorte Ave. In addition, the panel is tentatively slated to meet Dec. 13 to discuss a plan to convert the building to a car dealership. erty is about one-third larger than Spradley-Barr's current lot at College Avenue and Drake Road. The REA already has applied to annex the land into the city. Additionally, the dealership is em- barking on a seven -week process of ob- taining a land -use plan for the sit A second neighborhood meeti,_ is expected in the coming weeks. Neigh- bors, however, weren't placated by as- surances that outside lighting would be scaled back and that a pager sys- tem could replace loudspeakers. "It's a neighborhood compatibility issue," Fairway Estates resident Mark Thomas said. "We were here first."