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Neighborhood Meeting Notes
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A neighborhood information meeting was held on Tuesday, January 29, 1991 from
7:00 - 9:00 P.M. at the offices of Platte River Power Authority, regarding a
proposed development for the southwest corner of Horsetooth and Timberline Road.
The proposed development plan consists of a Public Service Company facility, with
offices and service yard.
Meeting attendees were Eldon Ward, Cityscape Urban Design (representing PSCO);
Libby Glass (representing W.W. Reynolds, developer) and Sherry Albertson -Clark
(City Planning Department). Ten area property owners/representatives also
attended the meeting.
The meeting began with Eldon Ward presenting an overview of the proposed
development plan.
The following questions and responses by the consultant were discussed:
1. What is the actual location of the building?
In the northwest corner of the site. Access would be from Horsetooth.
2. What would happen to the rest of the property to the east?
The specific uses aren't known, probably some type of Business Service use, such
as offices, or commercial uses.
3. What will Public Service have at this site?
Administrative offices and a service yard.
4. Describe the traffic pattern on the site.
There would be one access point on Horsetooth, and one at Bighorn. Bighorn would
be extended east to connect with Timberline.
5. What is the building height?
Single story.
6. How many employees?
About 85.
7. How many service vehicles would be at the site?
Mostly vans, some larger trucks. About 37 trucks would leave the site in the
morning and return at the end of the day. These trucks would be parked on the
south side of the building.
8. How would left turns on Horsetooth and on Timberline be handled?
A traffic study will be required and would evaluate adequacy of turning
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movements. Probably will be signal at Horsetooth access point and at Bighorn (on
Timberline) when warranted. A total of about 120 vehicles would be
entering/leaving the site daily.
9. Are there expansion plans for Public Service?
None planned. Building is planned for 36,000 square feet.
10. PSCO Riverside site is not good for customer parking. Where will it be here?
Customer parking will be in front (east side of building) of the public entrance.
11. How would the storage yard be screened?
With a combination of fencing, landscaping and berming. Planning to do more
natural landscaping along the west property line, with more dense shrubbery.
South and east sides would use more trees and shrubbery mixed.
12. Would there be chain link fencing on the west property line? Would be
concerned about the view from the golf course.
Yes, inside the landscaping.
13. What activities would be in the building? Would customers pay there?
Don't believe there would be much walk-in traffic for bill paying.
14. When was the zoning changed from residential?
Zoning has not changed. Site has been planned for industrial uses since early
1980's.
15. Any rail delivery planned?
No.
16. What type of outside storage would occur?
Poles, transformers, etc.
17. PRPA would offer the use of its existing microwave tower for PSCO to use for
dispatching, rather than see another tower installed.
Applicant will put PSCO in touch.
18. Above or underground fuel tanks?
Underground. Working with PFA on this topic.
19. Will berming and landscaping do enough for the view into the storage area
(from golf course)?
Using xeriscape, native materials along west property line to create natural
looking thicket. Berms would be 3' high.
20. What is berming?
Mounding of earth with shrubbery planted on top and sides of berm.
21. Will additional right-of-way be needed for Horsetooth?
No.
22. Does Elk Road exist on the site?
Just stubbed in. Would not be done with this project. Would be building Bighorn
to Timberline.
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23. Why not extend to connect to Automation Way? Want to go on record as having
Automation extended through this site.
The master plan is not changing the street network with PSCO.
24. Would rather see the street system extended to Caribou, rather than tie into
Bighorn.
25. Concerned regarding stacking of traffic at the Horsetooth access to this site
and increasing numbers of cars.
26. Is there a noise factor to be considered?
Any activities with noise would be inside the building or storage area.
27. If main entrance were on Timberline, less congestion. PRPA has 85 employees
and has two service area access points.
28. Where is employee/customer parking?
Employee is on the north side of building, customer on east side.
29. Believe PSCO could be good neighbor for area.
30. Why not put Automation Way through to south end of property?
Putting Bighorn through to Timberline. Would still be retaining potential for
future connection to Automation.
31. Barring obstacles, when would construction start?
Early -mid April.
32. Any power generation on site?
No.
The meeting adjourned at 8:00 P.M.
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