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NATURAL RESOURCES, STREETS & STOWWATER UTILITIES
July 22, 1988
Mike So.11enberger
375 E. Horsetooth Road
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Dear Mr. Sollenberger:
As was mentioned at the July 7, CTR meeting, a portion of your proposed
development site is a wetland. The area is also shown on a map of
environmentally sensitive areas for the Urban Growth Area of Fort Collins.
It is preferable, in order to prevent impacts to wildlife habitat, water
quality, and shoreline stability, that the wetland area be retained in it's
current state or enhanced for its natural functions.
The goal of conserving this area in it's natural state is supported by the
Larimer County Land Use Plan implementation guidelines:
— Maintain and protect wetlands as natural flood control areas and as
biological Enters and water. purifiers.
— Maintain and protect wildlife habitat- [or those species of economic,
recreational, and aesthetic value.
— Eliminate soil erosion off development sites into surface waters.
— Mitigate potential damage to habitat from development through
development design.
In addition, the Intergovernmental Agreement between Fort Collins and
Larimer County states the following policies with respect to the
environment:
— Applications for new development should include provisions for
adequately handling drainage entering and leaving the site and for
controlling surface erosion or sedimentation problems with the
site itself.
-- New development should be located and designed to preserve critical
components of ecosystems, including significant wildlife habitat.
Significant wildlife habitat is a geographical area containing
essential elements of food, water, cover, and space in a combination
and in quantities sufficient to support a species for at least a
portion of the year.
R.
DIVISION OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
112 N. Howes • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 • (303) 221.6600
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Mike Sollenberger
July 22, 1988
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— Landscaping with native vegetation should be encouraged as a water
conservation measure.
It should be noted that less than 1% of the Urban Growth Area is wetland of
the type under. review. Emergent aquatic wetlands are not an abundant
resource :in our area. Continued incremental losses lead to greater
cummul.ative impacts to wetland resources.
In discussions with the County Planning Office, it appears there may be an
opportunity for trade—offs to allow the wetlands to be preserved with no
loss of development density. I would like to meet with you and Al Kadera
to explore these options.
Sincerely,
Bob Wilkinson
Resource Associate
CC: Al Kadera, Larimer County Planning
Beth Dillon, Colorado Division of Wildlife
Lisa Evans, Colorado Division of Wildlife
Ann Hodgson, Colorado Division of Wildlife
Linda Ripley, City of Fort Collins Planning