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Greg Smith/CSU
April 20, 1993
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living opportunity not currently available to area students and
think that the suggestions included here will serve to further
enhance this project and the community, as well! We look forward
to working with you .on the University Village Expansion project
over the next several months.
Sincerely,
Sherry Al Kner
son-Clark, AICP
Chief P1
cc Mick Aller, Aller-Lingle Architects
Greg Byrne
Tom Peterson
Mike Herzig
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Greg Smith/CSU
April 20, 1993
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A pedestrian connection should be provided from the northwest
✓site to Skyline Drive, to facilitate pedestrian traffic to and from
Moore Elementary School.
/The future extension of sidewalks from the northwest site to
West Elizabeth and from the southeast site along West Elizabeth to
Constitution needs to be addressed.
� - ypical parking stall dimensions need to be noted on the site
plan.
(�7Bicycle parking at both sites appears to be somewhat limited.
Will bicycle parking be provided in the interior courtyards, or
within the buildings?
Trash enclosures should be constructed of materials that
complement the proposed buildings. In some cases, the location of
trash receptacles appear to conflict with proposed landscaping.
.The driveway alignment along the New Mercer Canal is, in
several places, extremely close to the canal easement. This
driveway needs to be maintained as an unobstructed access, so
treatment between the driveway and canal should be designed to
discourage impromptu parking.
2'0 It would be helpful, in evaluating the location of the City
VPark Avenue curb cut, if existing curb cuts on the east side of
City Park Avenue were shown on the site plan.
Ci2"1. Building materials for the proposed southeast community
building should be noted on the elevations.
Since the proposed building height for the southeast site
exceeds 401, information pertaining to the potential impacts of the
building height on community scale, views, light and shadow,
privacy and neighborhood scale (see attached information) should be
provided.
The end elevations of the northwest buildings could benefit
L--zfrom the addition of windows or relief on the blank wall areas '
(windows in kitchen or living room areas).
Since we will be receiving more detailed plans and reports with the
design/development stage, we do expect that there will be
additional comments made as a result of our review of .the next
submittal. If you are interested in meeting with us to discuss
these comments, please contact me to schedule a meeting.
In closing, we believe that the proposed plans offer an exciting
Greg Smith/CSU
April 20, 1993
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large percentage of vehicular trips from this site may be to the
shopping center to the west and believe that a Skyline connection
would facilitate that direction of travel.
The City's Zoning Office notes that signs were not shown on the
proposed plan; however, we assume that any signage proposed will
comply with the multi -family development sign allowances in the
City's Sign Code.
The Parks and Recreation Department notes that all landscaping
in the public right-of-way should be maintained by CSU and that
standard notes regarding the protection of existing trees during
construction, as well 'as providing a medium prune of existing
trees, should be added to the revised landscape plan.
�Transfort staff notes that the addition of these dwelling units
will impact bus Route 3 and requests that a 7' x 13' concrete pad
extension be provided adjacent to the sidewalk on City Park Avenue
(south of Plum intersection) so that a bus shelter can be provided.
This bus stop location should be designed to meet Federal ADA
re irements for disabled passengers.
The multi -family land use and densities proposed for both sites
are supported by the City's Land Use Policies Plan; however, the
interface between the existing single family homes and the more
intensive use proposed for the northwest site needs to be
addressed. Specifically, buffering for noise and privacy, through
the use of fencing and/or landscape materials, is recommended.
While the proposed garden spaces are an attractive element for
residents of these units, they will not be effective in providing
Wanand
ing between these sites.
ere are several areas of inconsistency between the site plan
scape plan (ie. width of fire access to Skyline Drive;
setback width between parking area and City Park Avenue; numbers of
parking spaces in several areas on both sites; retention of
existing trees and trash receptacles and landscaping).
Perimeter buffering of parking areas (along Skyline Drive, City
Park Avenue and West Elizabeth) should be accomplished with 3' high
berming and shrub groupings.
Deciduous shade tree plantings should be provided along City
Park Avenue and along the detention area on Skyline Drive.
�3. Foundation plantings should be provided on the north and west
sides of buildings at the southeast site.
Commui._ y Planning and Environmental .vices
Planning Department
City of Fort Collins
April 20, 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 and have the following comments to make
on this project:
Public Service Company recommends that the areas shaded in red
on the attached site plan be dedicated as "utility easements" by
final plat or easement dedication. PSCO has a requirement that no
trees can be planted less than 4' from any natural gas line. A
utility coordination meeting has been recommended by PSCO, so that
all of the utilities involved in serving these sites can coordinate
how services will be provided. City staff will arrange for this
meeting to occur with representatives of the utilities (as well as
your project representatives) prior to submittal of the project
design/development plans. _..___...
Columbine Cable Vision notes that utility easements will be
needed and that they would like to see the buildings wired in a
"home -run" system for cable service.
/ The City's Light and Power Utility recommends that blanket
utility easements be used (similar to PSCO recommendation). The
attached information provides a standard for tree/streetlight
clearances to use for street tree plantings along West Elizabeth.
The City's Water and Wastewater Utility will need a utility
plan reviewed and approved prior to beginning any construction on
either water or sewer mains and services. Easements will also be
needed and may best be addressed through utility coordination.
Poudre Fire Authority has identified concerns regarding
/e�ergency access, fire hydrants and fire flows in the attached
letter to Bud Curtis of RBD Engineering. As noted in the PFA
letter, we recommend that consideration be given to providing a
vehicular connection to Skyline Drive. As designed, all vehicular
traffic to and from the site must travel a rather circuitous route
from Plum Street via an off -site parking lot. We expect that a
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