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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUNSHINE HOUSE AT BUCKING HORSE - MJA190001 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PROJECT NARRATIVESite Location: per 2013 Google image Site Location: per Sept 2018 drone NTS Sunshine House Detention Area Urban Estate lots Urban Estate lots Future City Park Bucking Horse Apartments Sunshine House Future City Park BH Apartments Urban Estate Lots Nancy Gray Drake Road Railroad Project Location SUNSHINE HOUSE EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY AT BUCKING HORSE Project Narrative SUNSHINE HOUSE EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY AT BUCKING HORSE PROJECT GOAL: The overall design intent and goal of the Sunshine House Early Learning Academy at Bucking Horse is to provide a much needed service for the community as well as build a first class facility that has its design rooted in the agricultural roots of the area. BACKGROUND: Currently the site is a developed lot with an existing parking lot that was built per the approved plans for the Bucking Horse Filing Two Tract C Working Farm. The existing parking lot was originally developed to be a shared with the future city park to the north. This is noted on the approved plans sheet LS402. 1. PROJECT TITLE: Sunshine House Early Learning Academy at Bucking Horse Previously Submitted Names (CR 2018 Submittal): Bucking Horse Early Learning Center This project is part of the previously submitted and approved Bucking Horse ODP and Bucking Horse Filing Two and Building Permit number B1506658. 2. MEETING DATES: Conceptual Review Meeting: November 29, 2018 Neighborhood Meeting: January 14, 2019. Response to neighbor concerns included expanding the TIS report to include the intersection of Miles House and Nancy Gray as per discussions and direction from City staff. Staff directed engineer to not include the intersection of Nancy Gray and Timberline as requested by residents as there was not a need to do so per staff. December 31, 2018: Bellisimo met with 25 residents of Bucking Horse to discuss the project January 4, 2019 (2 meetings): Bellisimo met with residents of Bucking Horse to discuss the project 3. GENERAL INFORMATION: Project Location: East side of Miles House between Nancy Gray Ave and Drake Road Size: 2.5 acres / 109,089 square feet Existing zoning: Urban Estate District (UE) Proposed zoning: Urban Estate District (UE) Commercial space: 11,235 square feet Number of off street parking spaces provided: 44 Number of building stories proposed: One (1) LUC Modifications proposed: 1. SECTION 3.2.1.E.4(A-B): parking lot perimeter landscaping (1 tree/25 lf, screening 30” ht for 70% of length). Proposed: the approved plans dated 12/14/2012 for bucking horse filing two (refer to sheet ls402) note that the parking lot will be shared with the future neighborhood park (park users can park in this lot and access the park, no additional add-ons to the parking would be encroaching on the 6-acre park.) the parking lot has been constructed per those approved plans. The parking lot will work well with the times of peak use in both the park and child care center. Peak operational hours for the child care are typically M-F 8-6 and peak times for the park would be evenings and weekends. 2. SECTION 3.2.2(E)J: parking lot setback of 5’ along side lot line. Proposed: The parking lot has been constructed per the approved Bucking Horse Filing Two plans dated 12/14/2012 with the intent that this parking lot shall be shared with the future city park. 4. PROPOSED OWNERS: Bucking Horse Farm, LLC Contact: Gino Campana 7307 Streamside Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-229-5900 Applicant: Russell + Mills Studios Contact: Shelley LaMastra 506 S College Ave, Unit A Fort Collins, CO 80524 Project Narrative SUNSHINE HOUSE EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY AT BUCKING HORSE 5. EXISTING OWNERS: Bucking Horse Farm, LLC Contact: Gino Campana 7307 Streamside Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-229-5900 6. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS: No additional improvements shall be required or proposed for this development. Please refer to the TIS for further information regarding the Nancy Gray and Sharp Point connection implications. Response to neighbor concerns at meeting included expanding the TIS report to include the intersection of Miles House and Nancy Gray as per discussions and direction from City staff. Staff directed engineer to not include the intersection of Nancy Gray and Timberline as requested by residents as there was not a need to do so per staff. 7. NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING A neighborhood meeting was held on January 14, 2019. The owner has held three additional meetings with many residents of the Bucking Horse community on December 31, 2018 and January 4, 2019 (2 meetings). Feedback from the public resulted in the TIS report being expanded to include additional intersections (Miles House and Nancy Gray)that what was previously directed by staff (Miles House and Drake). 8. SITE DESIGN The Sunshine House Early Learning Academy at Bucking Horse is located on Tract C of the lot was that was previously identified as a Working Farm as part of the Bucking Horse ODP and Bucking Horse Filing Two. A future 6 acre City Park is planned just north of this site which will be sharing the existing parking lot. As part of the approved plans the parking lot has been installed. The proposed plan will work off of the framework of the previous plan with the building remaining in the same location and the playground area replacing what was previously animal pen areas. Vehicular traffic is primarily coming from Drake Road (arterial) and Nancy Gray (collector) and feeding into Miles House (collector). A revised Traffic Impact Study has been submitted as part of this development. A parking lot with 44 spaces has been provided. Pedestrian traffic will come from the detached sidewalks along these roads that feed into the site. A pedestrian trail connection will be provided to the north property line and will be connected within the lot designated for the future City park to the park as well as the trail system to the east of the site along the railroad. Landscaping will continue the farm theme with edible plants including fruit producing trees as well as a variety of low water and native species. The adjacent Miles House Avenue has existing tree lawns and trees. A large berm with heavy plantings (including evergreens, canopy trees, large multi-shrubs and small trees) that provide year round screening and buffering will be provided along the east and portion of the south side of the development as required for the Water Treatment plant buffer. Small portions of the lot on the NE and south end of the lot will be seeded with dry land seed mix that will tie into the existing open space of the detention area. 9. DISTURBANCES No existing wetlands, natural habitat areas are being disturbed with this project. 10. TRANSITION TECHNIQUES Small portions of the lot on the NE and south end of the lot will be seeded with dry land seed mix that will tie into the existing open space of the detention area. A large berm with heavy plantings (including evergreens, canopy trees, large multi-shrubs and small trees) that provide year round screening and buffering will be provided along the east and portion of the south side of the development as required for the Water Treatment plant buffer. 11. ARCHITECTURE The Sunshine House Early Learning Center is a proposed one-story, approximately 11,235 sf childcare facility with eleven classrooms for ages ranging from infants to school age children. The facility also includes a prep kitchen, director’s office, conference room and other smaller support spaces. The main entry, classrooms and corridor access points of the building are all covered with the projecting roof elements that create sheltered and definable entries that add definition and articulation to the building’s facades. In addition, the building’s footprint also has larger projections along both the south and north elevation to further reduce and break up the overall massing and bulk of the building. Project Narrative SUNSHINE HOUSE EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY AT BUCKING HORSE The architectural design is based on a modern interpretation of agrarian vernacular with use of simple gable roof forms, with broken roof pitches and use of shed roof dormer element extending from these gable roofs. This design aesthetic is consistent with other buildings in the Bucking Horse development including the recently completed Bucking Horse apartments, the neighborhood pool building as well as the historic and newer buildings located at the Jessup Farm Artisan Village. The proposed materials of synthetic stone, cement fiber lap siding, shingle and board and batten vertical siding have been strategically placed on the facades to accentuate the wall projections. 12. PHASING SCHEDULE No phasing is proposed with this development. LIGHTING All lighting will meet City of Fort Collins requirements. An updated photometric plan has been submitted. SITE DRAINAGE Drainage for the site will continue to follow the basic drainage patterns that were established as a part of the Bucking Horse Development. This entails drainage being conveyed primarily from west to east to a series of existing inlets and storm pipes or via overland sheet flows that drain to the existing adjacent detention pond. LID techniques has been incorporated into the site. CITY GOALS THAT ARE MET WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT City Strategic Plan 2016 • Neighborhood Livability & Social Health – Strategic Objective 1.2 ~ Collaborate with other agencies to address poverty issues and other identified high-priority human service needs…. • Childcare is recognized by the City’s Social Sustainability Department as a high-priority human service need. • City Council created a dedicated childcare services budget in 2017-2018 to reduce barriers and provide support towards the expansion of quality care for children in Fort Collins. Council added this to the budget without a staff recommendation to do so. • Economic Health – Strategic Objective 3.3 ~ Enhance business engagement to address existing and emerging business needs. • The childcare shortage in Fort Collins is repeatedly recognized by the local business community as a structural challenge to recruiting and retaining a skilled workforce (Talent 2.0 Regional Workforce Strategy report, 2017). • The Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce has developed a Childcare Task Force as part of their Talent 2.0 regional workforce strategy efforts. City staff are represented in both the Childcare Task Force and the Talent 2.0 Leadership Committee. Fort Collins Social Sustainability Strategic Plan • Community Prosperity Goal/Strategy C.2.1.b ~ Support childcare and early childhood education through the promotion and partnership with early childhood education initiatives and programs. • Community Prosperity Goal/Strategy C.3.1.b ~ Support programs providing caregiving services through collaboration and encouragement of programs providing for the safety and protection of vulnerable citizen populations, such as children….. City Plan 2011 • LIV 27.3 ~ Mix of Uses: Include other neighborhood-serving uses in addition to residential uses. • Day Care (adult & child) is listed as a supporting use. • This language is repeated in other policies of the City Plan.