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Ryan Mounce
From: Haberecht,Fred <Fred.Haberecht@colostate.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 10:46 AM
To: Ryan Mounce; Clay Frickey; 'Gloss, Cameron'
Cc: Rick Reider; Flores,Steven
Subject: FW: 222 W Laurel House Reider Comments
Ryan,
Those big yellow development review signs get noticed! On Friday, I met with Rick Reider, the owner of several
properties adjacent to 222 Laurel, and he was kind enough to forward me the attached comments.
Thanks,
Fred
From: Rick Reider [mailto:rickreider@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 2:25 PM
To: Haberecht,Fred
Subject: 222 W Laurel House Reider Comments
Re: 222 W laurel Street
Project # 156
City of Fort Collins, CO
Att: Fred Haberecht
August 16, 2014
Dear Fred:
I want to thank you for taking the time to meet me at the Laurel Street House. That was very kind of you.
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As we discussed, I own three properties that are adjacent to the 222 Laurel House. They are 226 and 230 West
Laurel and 642 South Howes. Approximately 20 CSU students occupy my properties. I made a few comments
during our meeting that I will address below.
As I mentioned I am supportive of CSU and the 222 W Laurel House addition. I am very fond of Per Hogestad;
I appreciate the buildings he creates and his sensitivity to surrounding architecture. Please tell him thanks for
his attention to this addition.
My suggestions or comments include:
1. I prefer we keep the narrow space between 222 Laurel and 226 Laurel free of any foot traffic. The space is
narrow, (Perhaps less than 10 feet), dark and 5 of my tenants bedrooms and their windows either open on to this
narrow space or are very close. Privacy and safety are my immediate concern.
2. Directly west of the proposed new addition is a line of tall shrubs and a parking area for my tenants. It may
be difficult to keep the shrubs with the addition. I think a fence and landscaping is a good idea to avoid traffic
through this area. Let me know if that works and if you want my participation.
3. CSU has a parking lot on the north side of the 222 Laurel House with alley access. Since the 70’s when I
first purchased homes on this block it has been parking with an “A” designation for faculty. My request is that
it remains faculty parking and does not become a student lot. There is already a lot of pressure on this
neighborhood for CSU commuter parking. The high turnover and foot traffic of commuter parking would be a
detriment to my use.
I appreciate you listening to my suggestions and again am most appreciative of your quick response to meet
with me. Would you mind passing on this letter to your City Staff Planner for the project? Thank you Fred.
Rick
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Rick Reider
HomesByCampus Inc.
P O Box 271262
Fort Collins, CO 80527
(970) 282-1863