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the back of the 50' r-o-w line. The City reimburses for 1' of the
5' width. We should discuss who will pay to connect the remaining
portion of missing'sidewalk to Elizabeth along Skyline.
9. Sidewalks along the City Park and Skyline frontages need to be
constructed now, at a 4' width. These walks are shown on the
landscape plan, but not on utility plans.
10. We still recommend that foundation plantings be used to "tie"
all of the proposed buildings to the ground plane.
11. We question whether the parking areas (along Skyline Drive and
West Elizabeth) can be adequately buffered with the proposed
berming and deciduous trees and along City Park Avenue, which does
not have any berming proposed.
14. A pedestrian connection should be provided from the northwest
site to Skyline Drive, to facilitate pedestrian traffic to and from
Moore Elementary School.
15. We are interested in receiving an update regarding the
Transfort bus stop location, as available.
16. The location, height and materials of fencing proposed at the
north edge of the northwest site needs to be delineated on the site
plan. A mix of deciduous and coniferous trees planted on the north
side of the northern most buildings would provide additional visual
buffering of the proposed two-story buildings from the single
family area to the north.
17. We recommend that any of the existing trees on the, southeast
site be preserved, if feasible and that if there is interest on
CSU's part, Tim Buchanan, City Forester, could be consulted on this
topic.
18. Comments have not yet been received from Parks and Recreation,
Stormwater and Natural Resources. These will be forwarded to you
as soon as we receive them.
Sincerely,
Sherry A rtson-Clark, AICP
Chief P a ner
cc Mick Aller, Aller-Lingle Architects
RBD
Tom Peterson
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Commu: Planning and Environmental vices
Planning Department
City of Fort Collins
June 25, 1993
Greg Smith, Project Manager
Colorado State University
Facilities Services Department
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Dear Greg:
City staff and reviewing agencies have reviewed the University
Village Expansion project plans and has the following comments to
make on this project: .
1. Comments from the Water and Wastewater Utility are on the
attached red lined utility plans.
2. Light and Power requests a plat of both sites, with distances,
bearing and square footage, to use to calculate development charges
and would like to discuss easements and easement locations. The
landscape plan does not allow for proper clearances between trees
and street lights along City Park Avenue, West Elizabeth and
Skyline Drive. The attached drawings show clearance requirements
for trees and electric facilities. The contact person at Light and
Power is Alan Rutz.
3. The fire access loop road must be 20' in width and designed and
constructed to support fully loaded fire apparatus. The security
bollards must be approved by Poudre Fire Authority. "No parking -
Fire Lane" signs must be posted on the south curb and the curb
painted red. These comments apply to the northwest site.
4. The traffic impact study needs to be revised, to address the
Skyline Drive connection, addressing the impact to Skyline and the
level of service'at Skyline/Elizabeth intersection.
5. The driveway on West Elizabeth should line up with the
commercial driveway (Potts) on the south side.
6. The driveway curb return should not exceed 20'
7. Elizabeth Street is an arterial, so a 50' r-o-w and a 15'
utility easement beyond the r-o-w needs to be dedicated if not
already dedicated.
B. A 5' sidewalk needs to be constructed along Elizabeth Street at
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