HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUNSHINE HOUSE FC EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY - PDP/FDP - FDP130041 - CORRESPONDENCE -Community Development and
Neighborhood Services
281 North College Avenue
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221.6750
970.224.6134 - fax
fcgov.com/developmentreview
November 12, 2013
Cathy Mathis
The Birdsall Group
444 Mountain Avenue
Berthoud, CO 80513
Comment Summary:
Department: Current Planning
Contact: Courtney Levingston, 970-416-2283, clevingston@fcgov.com
Topic: Building Elevations
10/16/2013: Please add "to match brick" after "paint" on the trash enclosure elevations. Also, please
call out that it is to be constructed on a cement concrete pad.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
Topic: General
10/16/2013: In order to meet Section 4.27(E)(1)(a), please add the following note to the plat/site plan:
"To the extent feasible, cooperative agreements with adjacent property owners to create a
comprehensive development plan that establishes an integrated pattern of cross access, parking
areas, outdoor spaces, building styles and land uses."
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
10/16/2013: The numbers on the scale bar are incorrect.
Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
10/16/2013: Please provide bike rack detail.
Comment Number: 4 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
Topic: Landscape Plans
10/16/2013: The hydrozone table and landscape legend are incomplete. Please provide these
numbers.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
Please see the following summary of comments from City staff and outside reviewing agencies for your submittal of
the above referenced project. If you have questions about any comments, you may contact the individual
commenter or direct your questions through the Project Planner, Courtney Levingston, at 970-416-2283 or
clevingston@fcgov.com.
RE: Sunshine House FC Early Learning Academy, FDP130041, Round Number 1
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10/16/2013: Two mitigation trees are required for the removal of the Cottonwood, per the tree
mitigation meeting notes dated September 23rd. It appears on the landscape plan that two
honeylocusts by the entry will be upsized. Please update the plant list table on the first page to show
two honeylocusts with a 3" caliper.
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
10/16/2013: On the landscape plans, I am only counting 8 crabapples, not 9. Please verify.
Comment Number: 4 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
10/16/2013: Additional, dense landscape screening is required around the outside of play area D and
play area A.
Comment Number: 5 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
Topic: Lighting Plan
10/16/2013: Will there be any building mounted light fixtures? If so, please provide cut sheet
information on photometric and call out on building elevations.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
Topic: Site Plan
10/16/2013: The parking spaces total should be changed to 10 (not 12). While the handicapped
spaces are required, they are counted as part, not extra.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
10/16/2013: Please add a note to the site plan that rooftop mechanical will be fully screened from
public view and painted to match the roof.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
10/16/2013: The site plan calls out a 6' fence along a retaining wall. The maximum height of the fence
is 6 feet. Any berm, wall or similar feature that is constructed increasing the height of the fence is
considered part of the wall. (LUC 3.8.11(D).
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 10/16/2013
Department: Engineering Development Review
Contact: Marc Virata, 970-221-6567, mvirata@fcgov.com
Topic: Construction Drawings
11/08/2013: The plans should be reflecting the removal of the existing corner access ramp along the
frontage at the intersection of Centre Avenue and to be renamed Rolland Moore Drive and
replacement with direction ramps and truncated dome detection in accordance with the provided detail
1606.
Comment Number: 5 Comment Originated: 11/08/2013
11/08/2013: In discussion and coordination with Ward Stanford in Traffic Operations, with the
construction of directional ramps at this location, the refreshing of crosswalk striping across to be
renamed Rolland Moore Drive will also need to be provided and aligned between the new direction
ramp and the existing corner ramp in front of The Gardens at Spring Creek.
Comment Number: 6 Comment Originated: 11/08/2013
11/08/2013: Sheet C2.00 indicates a Note 7 for street patching but a Note 7 was not provided on this
sheet.
Comment Number: 7 Comment Originated: 11/08/2013
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11/08/2013: Please label the storm lines on the plan set as public or private (it appears they will all be
private?)
Comment Number: 8 Comment Originated: 11/08/2013
Topic: General
11/08/2013: Under the premise that CSURF remains the owner of the entire replatted area, no
additional easements and/or letters of intent appear needed. Should the Lot 1 property be conveyed
to the end-user and no longer under CSURF during the review process, a letter and/or easement from
CSURF would be needed for the work occurring outside of the PDP boundary (within Tract A of the
replat.)
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 11/08/2013
11/08/2013: No objections with the project going to a public hearing, provided CSURF remains the
applicant, requiring no letter of intent per the previous comment.
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 11/08/2013
Topic: Plat
11/08/2013: Please add the following note to the plat for the transit easement. This is considered the
latest approved language for a transit easement. "Transit Easement - Easement for public
transportation, equipment, infrastructure and/ or use, including public access."
Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 11/08/2013
11/08/2013: Wouldn't there be a benefit if the new "Tract A" created by the plat was instead a "Lot 2"?
There may not be a need for any future development to replat, and the designation of a Lot 2 may
provide better ability to do so.
Comment Number: 4 Comment Originated: 11/08/2013
Department: Environmental Planning
Contact: Lindsay Ex, 970-224-6143, lex@fcgov.com
Topic: Reports - Soils, Subdrain
11/05/2013: The ECS Reports that the wetland area impacted by the prior activity on the site is 2000
square feet - please update to reflect that the area is actually 200 sf.
The applicants have committed to provide a $5,000 payment in lieu of mitigation for the 200 sq. ft. of
wetlands impacted by the project, in order to meet Section 3.4.1 of the Land Use Code. This
commitment will be resolved via the project's development agreement, should it gain approval.
Environmental Planning is ready for a hearing.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Department: Forestry
Contact: Tim Buchanan, 970-221-6361, tbuchanan@fcgov.com
Topic: Landscape Plans
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11/06/2013:
Identify the location of the existing cottonwood tree on site and list the species, size, condition and
mitigation. Provide the required number of upsized mitigation trees. Mitigation trees should be
upsized as follows.
Shade trees 3.0 inch caliper
Ornamental trees 2.5 inch caliper
Evergreen trees 8 feet height
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 11/06/2013
11/06/2013:
Identify which trees on the landscape plan will be mitigation trees.
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 11/06/2013
11/06/2013:
Review landscape note number one to include the information in LUC 3.2.1 G. There is not a
separation standard for electric or telephone. Add that there is a separation standard of 20 feet
between trees and traffic control signs and devices. The separations standard for water and sewer
service lines is 6 feet.
Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 11/06/2013
11/06/2013:
Check that tree placement on the plan provides for the tree/utility separations found in LUC 3.2.1 G.
Show streetlight locations.
Comment Number: 4 Comment Originated: 11/06/2013
11/06/2013:
The flowering pears along Centre closest to the corner of Botanical Way should be evaluated for sight
distance. The one closet to the corner may not be able to be located in that location. Please evaluate.
Comment Number: 5 Comment Originated: 11/06/2013
Department: Light And Power
Contact: Justin Fields, 970-224-6150, jfields@fcgov.com
Topic: General
11/04/2013: There are no existing electric facilities to serve the transformer from Centre. The
transformer feed will likely come from the vault at the corner of Perennial lane and Native Plant Way.
Contact Light and Power Engineering, 221-6700, to coordinate the location of the electric feed,
transformer, and meter.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 11/04/2013
Department: Stormwater Engineering
Contact: Jesse Schlam, 970-218-2932, jschlam@fcgov.com
Topic: Erosion Control
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10/22/2013: 1) Erosion Control Report has a minor red line on page #3 this project is not Canyon
Place. 2) Erosion control security (Escrow) need to be calculated. 3) Redlines on C6.00 4) C6.01 is a
dynamic sheet and is not needed in the Mylars. 5) Inlet protection near the flared end section should
not be straw bales as shown in the detail. I am aware it calls it straw wattle but it is clearly straw bales in
the drawing.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 10/22/2013
Contact: Wes Lamarque, 970-416-2418, wlamarque@fcgov.com
Topic: Floodplain
11/05/2013:
1. Please show and label the boundary of the Spring Creek FEMA-regulatory 100-year floodplain on
the plat.
2. Please add the following note to the Site Plan: 10) Critical Care Facilities are not allowed in a
FEMA-regulatory floodplain (100-yr & 500-yr). Though this building is not in a floodplain at this time, the
applicant is aware that if the limits of the existing floodplain change, or a 500-year floodplain is defined,
the building may be in a floodplain in the future; and the daycare would become a non-conforming
use.
3. Please show the location of the site on the FIRMette at the rear of the Drainage Report/Letter.
4. Please add the following notes to the Grading Plan: 5) A portion of this property is located in the
Spring Creek FEMA-regulatory 100-year flood fringe and must conform to the Safety Standards of
Chapter 10 of City Municipal Code. 6) An approved Floodplain Use Permit shall be obtained prior to
beginning any work (sidewalk, grading, landscaping, etc.) in the floodplain.
5. Please identify and label the CSL’s and BFE’s on the Grading Plan, using NAVD88 and NGVD29
datum.
6. It would be advisable to obtain an accurate as-built grading plan at the completion of construction of
this project. When FEMA establishes a 500-year floodplain, they will probably use existing aerial
topography which may not include site-grading being proposed as part of this project. If as-built
topography is available, they will be able to adjust the 500-year model to include the changes made
as part of this project. It would be advantageous for the property owner to have an as-built grading
plan in their files and for the Stormwater Department to have one in their files.
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Department: Technical Services
Contact: Jeff County, 970-221-6588, jcounty@fcgov.com
Topic: Building Elevations
11/05/2013: No comments.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Topic: Construction Drawings
11/05/2013: There are line over text issues on sheets C2.00, C3.00, C4.00, C6.00 & C6.01. See
redlines.
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please mask the text in the hatched areas on sheet C2.01. See redlines.
Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please correct the titles on sheets C6.00-C6.02. See redlines.
Comment Number: 4 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
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Topic: Landscape Plans
11/05/2013: No comments.
Comment Number: 5 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Topic: Lighting Plan
11/05/2013: No comments.
Comment Number: 6 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Topic: Plat
11/05/2013: Please make the text sizes on sheet 1 larger. See redlines.
Comment Number: 7 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please add a Lienholders signature block. If you are certain that there are no lienholders,
you can leave the signature block off, but will need to add a note stating "There are no lienholders for
this property.".
Comment Number: 8 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please fill in the title commitment information in note 2 when available.
Comment Number: 9 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please remove the easement lines shown outside of the boundary. See redlines.
Comment Number: 10 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: There are 2 lines shown near the north corner of the property. What are they? See
redlines.
Comment Number: 11 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: All easements must be locatable. See redlines.
Comment Number: 12 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please move the reception number up between Rolland Moore Drive (ROW Varies) and
(To be renamed Botanical Lane). See redlines.
Comment Number: 13 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: The portions of the easements (marked) shown along Centre Avenue self-extinguished in
the right of way. See redlines.
Comment Number: 14 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please add "Portion" to the 20' Sanitary Sewer Easement. See redlines.
Comment Number: 15 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please change the linetype of the portion to be vacated of the 20' Sanitary Sewer
Easement to dots or something different, to better show what is being vacated. See redlines.
Comment Number: 16 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please preserve/replace the Center 1/4 corner.
Comment Number: 17 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please label all properties surrounding this subdivision, with either unplatted or the
subdivision plat names. See redlines.
Comment Number: 18 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please list the ownership, maintenance and proposed use of Tract A, or change Tract A
to Lot 2.
Comment Number: 19 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
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11/05/2013: Please change the hatching type in the legend to match what is shown on the plat. See
redlines.
Comment Number: 20 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Topic: Site Plan
11/05/2013: The square footage & acreage do not match the Subdivision Plat. This plan shows only
improvements on Lot 1, Sunshine House - FC 139, so the legal description should reflect this.
Comment Number: 21 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please change the label(marked) from EAE to PAE. See redlines.
Comment Number: 22 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: If the easement types are going to be abbreviated, please add definitions for them to the
legend. Or spell the type out. See redlines.
Comment Number: 23 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: There are line over text issues. See redlines.
Comment Number: 24 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: Please mask the text in the hatched areas. See redlines.
Comment Number: 25 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Department: Traffic Operation
Contact: Ward Stanford, 970-221-6820, wstanford@fcgov.com
Topic: Construction Drawings
11/05/2013: The possibility exists that the pedestrian ramp at the SW corner of Old Rolland Moore and
Center may need to be reconstructed per current standards. If required, the crosswalk striping across
Old Rolland Moore on the west side of Center will need to be removed and reapplied at the new
position of the curb ramp.
Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Topic: Traffic Impact Study
11/05/2013: TIS will need to be revised with counts conducted outside of the Federal furlough period.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: There does not appear to be pedestrian and bicyclist volumes included in the Center &
Prospect counts or analysis. Please verify current ped and bike volumes are included in the existing
and short term analysis of Center and Prospect.
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Department: Water-Wastewater Engineering
Contact: Roger Buffington, 970-221-6854, rbuffington@fcgov.com
Topic: Construction Drawings
11/05/2013: Re-align the water service to avoid the bend upstream of the curb stop/meter pit. This will
also involve the fire line (see redlined plans).
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
11/05/2013: See redlined plans for other comments.
Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Topic: Landscape Plans
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11/05/2013: Adjust plantings to provide the required separation from water/sewer lines.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 11/05/2013
Department: Zoning
Contact: Peter Barnes, 970-416-2355, pbarnes@fcgov.com
Topic: Building Elevations
10/25/2013: The trash enclosure is show to be 6'2" tall. Walls over 6' in height require a building
permit and must be engineered to meet wind load requirements. Can it be lowered to 6'?
Comment Number: 6 Comment Originated: 10/25/2013
Topic: Site Plan
10/25/2013: Show the dimensions of the play areas on the site plan.
Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 10/25/2013
10/25/2013: The conceptual review response letter indicates that the applicant has discussed the build
to line standard with staff and it was determined that the play area meets the standard. Zoning will
defer to Planning for that determination.
Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 10/25/2013
10/25/2013: Show the width of the handicap parking stalls and aisle between the two stalls.
Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 10/25/2013
10/25/2013: The 'statement of planning objectives' states that the enrollment will be 125 - 150 children.
This note has to be added to the 'land use statistics table'. An enrollment of 150 children will require at
least 6000 square feet of indoor floor space devoted to school purposes (closets, bathrooms,
kitchens, offices don't count). Since the building is over 10,000 square feet, I assume the standard is
met.
Comment Number: 4 Comment Originated: 10/25/2013
10/25/2013: Show dimensions of landscape islands. Show parking lot light pole locations on site
plan.
Comment Number: 5 Comment Originated: 10/25/2013
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