HomeMy WebLinkAboutBRICK STONE APARTMENTS ON HARMONY - PDP - PDP160019 - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTS (34)From: Sarah Burnett
To: Pete Wray
Subject: FW: Proposed development at 201 Harmony Road
Date: Monday, February 29, 2016 11:59:30 AM
Hi Pete,
I’ll respond to Mr. Winfield later today, but wanted to forward it to you now.
Sarah
From: Augustus Winfield [mailto:awwsjw@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 9:59 AM
To: Sarah Burnett
Subject: Proposed development at 201 Harmony Road
Hello Ms. Burnett,
We live at 4745 Venturi Lane in Fairway Estates. We received a letter regarding a proposed
development at 201 Harmony Road that includes 101 residential units. There is a meeting
scheduled on March 10, but we will be out of town that day so we are providing our input by
email.
We are strongly opposed to an apartment building adjacent to Fairway Estates.
Fairway Estates has a large amount of open space that includes a pond and walking paths. The
open space is private and owned by the Fairway Estates Property Owners Association
(FEPOA), The paths are all marked "Private" but we still get quite a few people from adjacent
neighborhoods (Fossil Creek, Miramont) who jog or walk on the paths, and quite a few
people who drive to our neighborhood and fish in the pond. Most of those visitors are
considerate and respectful of private land, but there are always a few who leave plastic
bottles, food wrappers, fishing line, dog poop,etc. behind for someone else to clean up. The
"someone else" is the property owners in Fairway Estates. In addition, when the paths wear
down, it is the Fairway Estates property owners who have to carry gravel one wheelbarrow at
a time to build up the paths. Open space maintenance is about half of the annual budget for
FEPOA.
We have 91 homes sharing the open space. The number of residential units in the proposed
development would exceed the number of homes in Fairway Estates, potentially doubling the
use of the open space. The open space would be easily visible from the proposed building and
easily accessible. For people living in apartments with no yards, all that open space would be
an irresistible temptation for walking, jogging, and fishing. Again, most people would be
considerate and respectful of private property, but many will not, and the proposed
development would significantly amplify the problems of trash and wear.
In addition, Mail Creek already receives a substantial amount of upstream trash. Some of that
trash is collected by a structure just upstream from the proposed development, and the trash is
periodically cleaned out by the City of Ft. Collins. The proposed development would be
downstream from the trash collection structure, so trash from the parking lot would end up in
mail creek and the ponds in our neighborhood for the homeowners to clean out.
Many of us have yards that extend into open space without fences. The "feel" of our
neighborhood is semi-rural and open. A large influx of strangers walking through our back
yards would force us to wall ourselves in, isolating us from our neighborhood, resulting in a
significant negative impact on our way of life.
Best regards,
Augustus and Susan Winfield