HomeMy WebLinkAboutUNION PLACE/REVIVE - COMBINED MJA/FDP - FDP140032 - CORRESPONDENCE - REVISIONS (3)March 31, 2015
Susan Mcfaddin
SEVEN GENERATIONS
210 W MAGNOLIA ST #360
Fort Collins, CO 80521
RE: Union Place/Revive, FDP140032, Round Number 2
Please see the following responses to City Staff comments.
Department: Forestry
Contact: Tim Buchanan, 970 221 6361, tbuchanan@fcgov.com
Topic: Landscape Plans
Comment Number: 10 Comment Originated: 03/03/2015
03/03/2015:
Edits to Notes:
General note number 13:
Thanks for adding this note. There are a couple of small edits that need to be
made so please use the following.
Landscaping including street trees in each phase shall be or secured with a
letter of credit, escrow, or performance bond for 125% of the value of the
landscaping and installation prior to the issuance of certificate of occupancy for
any building. All City street trees must be installed established, of an approved
species and of acceptable condition prior to final release of financial security.
RESPONSE: The note has been revised per the comment.
Street Tree Note number 4:
Add the word City at two locations in this note.
The developer shall replace all dead and dying CITY street trees after planting
until final maintenance inspection and acceptance by the City of Fort Collins
forestry Division. All CITY street trees in the project must be established of an
approved species and of acceptable condition prior to acceptance.
RESPONSE: The note has been revised per the comment.
Department: Stormwater Engineering
Contact: Basil Hamdan, 970 224 6035, bhamdan@fcgov.com
Topic: Construction Drawings
Comment Number: 6 Comment Originated: 03/03/2015
03/03/2015: Please add a sedimentation forebay to the new bioretention area
in Tract J, include a transition drop from gutter to forebay of at least 2". Provide
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a detail. Please use an actual detail for that bioretention system, not the
standard one, indicate the depth of the media (use a 2 foot minimum of media
depth) and whether a subdrain or a liner are planned. They are not needed in
this application. The landscaping for that bioretention area should be improved
with the addition of rocks, landscape, low flow channel and shrubs in order to
make it more of an amenity. Please include a notch or low flow opening on the
downstream end of the forebay shown for Tract K in order to minimize the
possibility of standing water, include maintenance notes stating that the gravel
will be regularly inspected for sediment accumulation and the replaced with
clean gravel when needed and at least once a year.
RESPONSE: The landscape plan has been revised in response to the comment.
Comment Number: 9 Comment Originated: 03/06/2015
03/06/2015: The landscape plan needs to include building foundation plantings
at the ends of the buildings at Tracts G,H,I, and J as well as the SF attached
ends on Block 5 and the eastern sides of Block 3. For the areas where the
depth is narrow behind the sidewalk and it makes more sense to have only rock
mulch with plant material, that is the preferred option instead of thinner strips of
irrigated grass adjacent to rock mulch.
RESPONSE: The landscape plan has revised in response to the comment.
Topic: Landscape Plans
Comment Number: 8 Comment Originated: 01/05/2015
03/02/2015: This has not been corrected.
01/05/2015: The title needs to match the Subdivision Plat.
RESPONSE: The title has been revised in response to the comment.
Comment Number: 5 Comment Originated: 01/06/2015
01/06/2015: Please document in the report and on the drainage plan if any
drainage basins will be affected with this replat. Please document any change
in impervious areas. Please call out on the plans what areas are being served
by an LID type measure. Please address all issues as redlined omn the utility
site and landscape plans.
RESPONSE: Landscape plan redlines were addressed with the last submittal. No new redlined landscape
plans were provided with this round of staff comments..
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ADDITIONAL PLAN REVISIIONS:
Per the Owner’s request: Street trees for some interior streets have been changed to smaller species in
order minimize shading of solar panels, and to be more in scale with the narrow streets. The revised tree
species are per the suggested list provided by Tim Buchanan. Because of the smaller canopy size, additional
trees have been added along the south property line between the units and the fence, in order to maintain
the intentions of the original design.
Sincerely,
John S. Gettman RLA, ASLA, CLT
Principal
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