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Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-6030
6030 Campus Delivery
September 11, 2015
Jason Holland
Current Planning
Development Review Center
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524
RE: CSU Medical Center – College Avenue and Prospect Road
Dear Jason,
Attached is the Site Plan Advisory Review Submittal for the CSU Medical Center proposed for the corner
of College Avenue and Prospect Road. The content of this submittal is the consequence of comment
from and consultation with City Staff, a Neighborhood Meeting in July and insight provided by the
Landmark Preservation Commission during a work session this week. We believe that this is a project
that both the University and Fort Collins Community will take pride in when completed.
The project is an 113,000 square foot, four story building within an approximately 4 acre site. I have
attached a fact sheet on the project that goes into some detail about the programs contained within the
building, and the partnership between CSU, UC Heath, and Columbine Heath Systems that is the
impetus for the creation of this building on this site. This is the same fact sheet presented at the
Neighborhood Meeting.
The project site is bordered by College Avenue on the east, West Prospect Road on the south, Lake
Street on the north, and the Mason Corridor on the west. The Board of Governors of the Colorado State
University System is the owner of the entire parcel, with the exception of 1407 College Avenue, which is
under private ownership. The project development plan treats three of the parcels; 1405, 1407 and 1413
College Avenue, as “out parcels”, and makes the assumption that the houses associated with these
parcels remain.
We believe that the Character, Location and Extent requirements of pertinent State Statute and City of
Fort Collins SPAR requirements detailed in code are meet in the following ways:
Character - The project will conform to the landscape, site furnishing and lighting standards
spelled out in the CSU Aesthetic Guidelines and CSU Facilities Construction Standards Manual.
Location – The CSU Medical Center places an active and prominent use at a major city
intersection, and creates a gateway to the emerging Midtown redevelopment to the south, and a
gateway to the Colorado State University to the north and west. It directly leverages the
investment of the Mason BRT, by placing the main entrance of the Medical Center within 100 feet
of the Prospect BRT transit station.
Extent – The Medical Center is placed set-back from both College Avenue and West Prospect
Road, in an effort to reduce the extent of the visual impact of a large building, and retain the
existing character of College Avenue from Prospect to Laurel, which, especially on the west side
of the street, is dominated by broad lawns, extensive building setbacks and mature trees. The
extent of traffic impacts this project may have on the College-Prospect intersection are mitigated
by removing all but fire truck access from entering or existing the site from Prospect, placing
close in parking for the site on the northwest corner of the site and leveraging the 900 space
parking lot immediately north of the site between Lake and Pitkin Streets.
Sincerely,
Fred Haberecht, LEED AP, ASLA
Assistant Director, Landscape and Planning
Facilities Services Center North
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-6030
970.491.0162 970.491.0105 - fax