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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPARK SOUTH PUD - MASTER PLAN - 46-88 - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING (2)• t NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING Park South PUD On Wednesday, May 4, 1988, at 7:00 PM at the Media Center of Lopez School, a neighborhood meeting was held to discuss the proposed Park South PUD Mas- ter Plan and Preliminary Phase Plan. Attending this meeting were: Frank Vaught of Vaught -Frye Architects (representing the developer), Marc Middel (developer), Susan Hayes (representing the City of Fort Collins Storm Drainage Utility) and Sherry Albertson -Clark, Project Planner. Sixty-eight resi- dcnts/property owners attended the meeting. Sherry Albertson -Clark gave an introduction to the PUD process that will be used to review the proposed project upon submittal to the City of Fort Collins. Frank Vaught gave a presentation on the project, indicating the land uses and access proposed for the Master Plan. He also presented a preliminary phase plan for Phase A, the southernmost portion of the site, which is proposed for 57 single-family lots. After the presentations, a question/answer period was held. The following is a summary of the various comments and issues raised by residents/property owners during the meeting. 1. What type of buildings would be planned for the office area? How tall would the buildings be? 2. What price range is expected for the single family homes? 3. What is the difference in developing the property under zoning (as residential) vs. the PUD? 4. How close will buildings be to the. northeast area of Four Seasons? 5. How does the city evaluate what is an adequate buffer (between Four Seasons and this site)? a 6. How does the PUD process work? 7. Residents to the west are experiencing water pressure problems -will this project increase this problem? 8. What type of commercial uses are planned next to the northeast corner of Four Seasons? 9. What uses could be put on the property to the east of Manhattan, which is zoned HB-Highway Business? 10. Has the developer evaluated the need for these uses in Fort Collins? 1. Additional traffic from this development would affect existing congestion on area streets - Horsetooth, Tradition, and Manhattan. What will be done about this? 12. Will Troutman Parkway be extended? How many houses would be built without buyers (spec)? 13. How close will houses at the south end of the property be to the south property line? 14. Will there be a deceleration lane on Horsetooth at Manhattan? 15. How can the developer buffer the non-residential uses on this site from the existing Four Seasons homes - Four Seasons site sits higher? 16. What is the difference between the uses planned in Phase A (commercial, office) and Phase C (office)? 17. Comment that the change from residential to office, commercial and retail uses will affect area. 18. Will there be covenants with the homes, so that present property values are protected? 19. How can there be commercial and office uses on residential -zoned property? 20. What is the order of phases after phase 1? 21. Comment that the proposed street layout in phase 1 may not be able to accommodate fire trucks. 22. Comment that putting additional traffic on Dennison Avenue to the west from this site was undesirable to existing residents. 23. Comment that more residential uses on the site is better than non- residential. 24. When can more details regarding building height and buffering along Four Seasons be available? Does developer have to stick to notes on the Master Plan or can things be. changed later without residents' knowaedge? 25. How can neighborhood have input? What effect does input have? 26. Has architect been to senior area In Four Seasons to see how this project will affect them? 27. Comment that group should get involved in review of the project and with the Planning and Zoning Board at their meeting. Suggest a group be formed with spokesperson to represent group. 28. Where else in Fort Collins has there been commercial uses put next to residential at an arterial and collector intersection? 29. Comment that property owner wouldn't have purchased property if aware that non-residential uses could go on this site. Why doesn't developer use the original plan approved in County for residential? -2- 30. Will school impact be considered? Some schools are already full. At this time, Susan Hayes, of the Storm Drainage Utility, gave a prescnta- tion on the status of storm drainage in both the Four Seasons area and on this site. Several questions were received regarding storm drainage: 31. Will existing ditch be "open?" Will there be any maintenance required for the pipe being installed and who will maintain it? What will happen to the detention pond that is cast of Manhattan? What will happen to the detention pond in Four Seasons and who maintains it? How will drainage get across Park South to the detention pond east of Manhattan? 32. Comment that property owner adjacent to the site on Benthaven did not receive a notice. At the conclusion of the question/answer period, Sherry Albertson -Clark explained the next steps in the planning process and when further information regarding this project could be available. If the project is submitted on May 5, 1988, it would tentatively be scheduled for the June 27, 1988, Planning and Zoning Board meeting. Notices for the Planning and Zoning Board meeting would be mailed out prior to the meeting. Anyone that did not receive a notice for the neighborhood meeting and indicated this on the attendance sheet, would be added to the mailing list for future meetings regarding this project. The meeting ended at 9:00 P.M. -3-