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Home My WebLink AboutHORSETOOTH-TIMBERLINE PROPERTY - MASTER PLAN - 78-88 - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGNEIGHBORHOOD MEETING SUMMARY On Monday, September 19, 1988 at 7:00 P.M. at the Platte River Power Author- ity Offices, a neighborhood meeting was held on the Horsetooth-Timberline Properties project. In attendance at this meeting was Bill Reynolds, property owner/developer and Mark Lockwood of W. W. Reynolds; Eldon Ward and Ed Hyatt of Cityscape and Sherry Albertson -Clark, Project Planner for the City Planning Department. Six residents/property owners attended the meeting. The meeting began with an introduction by Sherry Albertson -Clark to the purpose of the meeting and an overview of the planning review process. Eldon Ward then provided an overview of the proposed project, after which, questions and comments on the proposed project were addressed. The following summarizes the questions asked and responses given by the developer and his representatives and/or staff, as well as comments made by the residents. uestion: What is the designation of Timberline? Response: It is a major arterial. Comment: Project's access looks like Albertson's. Response: Like to think it looks more like Toddy's. Have developed King Soopers' centers in Boulder. Question : Will you be maintaining park -like facilities on this project like is at your Prospect Industrial Park site? Response: Would be. Plan now does not show detailed landscaping, etc. uestion: What is meant by light industrial uses? Response: Could be uses like PRPA, Comlinear. Also could be all offices or an office with industrial uses. uestion: Will buildings be built for tenants or speculation? Response: Some tenants may want to own building. Don't plan to build without commitments. Question: What kind of building height would there be? Response: Mostly single -story, some 2 and 3-story. Would stay within the 40' height limit. uestion: What is envisioned in commercial areas C and D (along Timberline)? Would there be a Laughing Dog Saloon or other similar uses? Response: May have uses that need high exposure. Would restrict parking, landscaping, etc. with covenants. Want high quality. High exposure could be a bank, restaurant, office supply. uestion: Is intent to build a strip center such as the other vacant ones in Fort Collins? Response: Hope this center would be more like Toddy's at Scotch Pines. Wouldn't build without the grocery anchor. Comment: Concerned about the view and noise, since property backs up to this area. Response: Rely on good plans. Have good track record. Comment: Want low-level buildings, shake shingle roofs, landscaping. Response: Could do these things. Built Sunrise Center and Table Mesa Center in Boulder. uestion: Are there plans for a pond on the site? Response: Don't have any planned, but might work one in if tenant wanted amenities. Question: How is area B envisioned - several smaller buildings or one large? Response: Don't know. Would prefer one larger building. uestion: Are there any requirements regulating the number of employees at a site? Response: Just meeting City parking requirements. Question : Who is the owner? Response: Bill Reynolds and joint venture with lender (American Federal). Question : What activity is going on at the site now? Response: Removal of motorcycle hills and general cleanup. uestion: What is the time frame for construction? Response: Staff gave an overview of the PUD process, explaining the differences between a Master Plan, preliminary and final plan. Entire process from beginning to approval of final plan may take 4-6 months, or more. Question : Why do a Master Plan separate from the preliminary? Response: Want to evaluate access points, land use mix, want preliminary answers for potential tenants. uestion: Is there an advantage to development if Timberline is a 6-lane major arterial? -2- Response: Neighborhood center could benefit, but wouldn't necessarily be a benefit to other uses. Comment: Do not want to see a 6-lane arterial on Timberline. Question : Where would pedestrian crossing of Timberline be? Response: At Bighorn. Question: Why would you have a major arterial with many stops? Response: Staff responded that City must provide reasonable access to adjacent property owners and that there would be limited access along such a street. East side is providing 70' of right-of-way and west side is providing 50'. Master Street Plan showing Timberline a 6-lane facility was adopted in 1981. Question: What about drainage? Response: Not determined yet. Could use individual on -site detention or one larger detention area for entire development. Ouestion: What could light industrial be? Could it be shift work like NCR? Response: Could be. Question: What happens to minutes of this meeting? Response: Staff responded that minutes are put into project file and become public record. Items raised at the neighborhood meeting are addressed in the staff report of the Planning and Zoning Board and clarification of how each item has been addressed is given in the staff report. Question: Does the City have lighting, signage and parking requirements? Response: Staff responded with an overview of the parking and signage requirements and indicated that there are no specific lighting requirements; however, care is taken that lighting not impact existing residential uses. The meeting adjourned at 8:15 P.M. -3- �t "10 PROJECT: TYPE OF MEETING�:/ f DATE: NAME ADDRESS WRITTEN NOTIFICATION YES/NO OWNER RENTER 47-1 4C! bi . L-) p 1 delr IeXc Elk i�r s 2-M Co Ae Places ves � av C) c9 S 1J e (v-P Ij . `'e � as C0YoT9- F4- 3 �O�b /ilGf/CLL� � 1 C J