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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBUCKING HORSE PARK - BDR210011 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 3 - RESPONSE TO STAFF REVIEW COMMENTSCommunity Development and Neighborhood Services 281 North College AvenuePO Box 580Fort Collins, CO 80522970.221.6689970.224.6134 faxfcgov.com/developmentreviewFebruary 25, 2022Jennifer Torrey City of FC Park Planning215 N Mason StFort Collins, CO 80522RE: Bucking Horse Park, BDR210011, Round Number 2Please see the following summary of comments from City staff and outside reviewing agencies for your submittal of Bucking Horse Park. If you have questions about any comments, you may contact the individual commenter or direct your questions through your Development Review Coordinator, Tenae Beane via phone at 9702246119 or via email at tbeane@fcgov.com. Comment Summary:Department: Development Review CoordinatorContact: Tenae Beane, 9702246119, tbeane@fcgov.comTopic: GeneralComment Number: 1 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:I will be your primary point of contact throughout the development review and permitting process. If you have any questions, need additional meetings with the project reviewers, or need assistance throughout the process, please let me know and I can assist you and your team. Please include me in all email correspondence with other reviewers and keep me informed of any phone conversations. Thank you!Response: Acknowledged.Comment Number: 2 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:As part of your resubmittal, you will respond to the comments provided in this letter. This letter is provided to you in Microsoft Word format. Please use this document to insert responses to each comment for your submittal, using a different font color. When replying to the comment letter please be detailed in your responses, as all comments should be thoroughly addressed. Provide reference to specific project plans or explanations of why comments have not been addressed, when applicable, avoiding responses like noted or acknowledged.Response: You betcha!Comment Number: 3 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:Please follow the Electronic Submittal Requirements and File Naming Standards found at https://www.fcgov.com/developmentreview/files/electronic submittal requirements and file naming standards_v1_8 1 19.pdf?1566857888. File names should begin with the file type, followed by the project information, and round number. Example: UTILITY PLANS_PROJECT NAME_PDP_Rd2.pdfFile type acronyms maybe appropriate to avoid extremely long file names. Example: TIS for Traffic Impact Study, ECS for Ecological Characterization Study. *Please disregard any references to paper copies, flash drives, or CDs.Response: Acknowledged.Comment Number: 4 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:All plans should be saved as optimized/flattened PDFs to reduce file size and remove layers.Per the Electronic Submittal Requirements AutoCAD SHX attributes need to be removed from the PDF’s.AutoCAD turns drawing text into comments that appear in the PDF plan set, and these must be removed prior to submittal as they can cause issues with the PDF file. The default setting is "1" ("on") in AutoCAD. To change the setting and remove this feature, type "EPDFSHX" in the command line and enter "0". Read this article at Autodesk.com for more tips on this topic:https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/DrawingtextappearsasCommentsinaPDFcreatedbyAutoCAD.htmlResponse: Acknowledged.Comment Number: 5 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:Resubmittals are accepted any day of the week, with Wednesday at noon being the cutoff for routing the same week. When you are ready to resubmit your plans, please notify me with as much advanced notice as possible.Response: We can certainly do that, thanks.Comment Number: 6 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:Temporary Service Changes City of Fort Collins Development ReviewIn order to continue providing thorough reviews and giving every project the attention it deserves, the City of Fort Collins is implementing temporary changes in how we serve our development customers. As you may be aware, we are experiencing staff shortages in a number of key departments, which has begun to impact the timeliness of our reviews. We recognize that development and construction play a critical role in our community’s vibrancy and economic recovery, and we have been exploring options for mitigating impacts to our customers. As a result, we will be making some temporary service changes.Beginning Monday May 10, 2021, one additional week of review time will be added to all 1st and 2nd round submittals (increase from 3 weeks to 4 weeks).Response: Acknowledged.Comment Number: 7 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:Please resubmit within 180 days, approximately 6 months, to avoid the expiration of your project. LUC 2.211 Lapse, Rounds of Review: Applicants, within one hundred eighty (180) days of receipt of written comments and notice to respond from the City on any submittal (or subsequent revision to a submittal) of an application for approval of a development plan, shall file such additional or revised submittal documents as are necessary to address such comments from the City. If the additional submittal information or revised submittal is not filed within said period of time, the development application shall automatically lapse and become null and void.Response: Understood.Comment Number: 8 12/07/2021: LUC 2.17 CITY PROJECTSDevelopment projects for which the City is the applicant shall be processed in the manner described in this Land Use Code, as applicable, but shall be subject to review by the Planning and Zoning Commission in all instances, despite the fact that certain uses would otherwise have been subject to administrative review.Response: Acknowledged.Comment Number: 9 12/07/2021: FOR FINAL APPROVAL:All "For Final Approval / For Approval" comments need to be addressed and resolved prior to moving forward with scheduling the hearing. Final documents and recording can occur once all comments are resolved, the hearing has occurred and there is an approval. I will provide a recording checklist and process information when we are closer to this step.Response: Acknowledged.Department: Engineering Development ReviewContact: Sophie Buckingham, sbuckingham@fcgov.comTopic: GeneralComment Number: 4 02/17/2022: FOR APPROVAL UNRESOLVED:Thank you for indicating your intention to get permission from the adjacent property owner. A signature on the plan set or a letter of intent will be required prior to project approval.Response: Letter of intent has been provided. 12/07/2021: FOR APPROVAL:Any offsite grading work will require permission from the impacted property owners.Comment Number: 6 02/17/2022: FOR APPROVAL:Please label the edge of the railroad rightofway on the utility plans to show that grading will not extend onto railroad property.Response: Railroad right-of-way labels have been added to the plan sheets.Department: FloodplainContact: Claudia Quezada, (970)4162494, cquezada@fcgov.comComment Number: 4 12/03/2021: Information only:A portion of this property is currently located in the FEMARegulated, 500year Poudre River floodplain and must comply with the safety regulations of Chapter 10 of City Municipal Code.Response: Acknowledged.Comment Number: 5 12/03/2021: Information only:FEMA is remapping the Poudre River, the project is called RiskMAP, and we are expecting new regulatory mapping in the next 12 years. Any future development will be subject to the floodplain map and regulations effective at that time. Property owners near the river need to be aware that the floodplain may be remapped and may change on their property. Preliminary maps show this parcel out of the floodplain.Response: Acknowledged.Department: Erosion Control Contact: Jesse Schlam, 9702182932, jschlam@fcgov.comTopic: Erosion ControlComment Number: 16 02/22/2022: For Final Approval of the BDR:The plan provided on this project was reviewed against the City Criteria (FCDCM Ch 2 Section 6.1.3). The Erosion Control Plans did not include the current standard notes. The Standard Notes can be found in FCDCM Appendix F. No sequence sheets were provided. Please ensure that the Erosion Control Plans provided include individual sequence sheets in accordance with (FCDCM Ch 2 Section 6.1.3.2). The erosion control plan is missing key components to meet City Criteria. Please review the provided comments and redlines and address them accordingly.Response: A sheet has been added with Erosion Control Notes. All redlines and comments have been addressed as well as adding the requested sequence chart. Please refer to redlines responses for additional information.For Final:The report provided on this project was reviewed against the City Criteria (FCDCM Ch 2 Section 6.1.4). The erosion control report was missing key components to meet City Criteria. Please review the provided comments and redlines and address them accordingly.Response: Report has been updated. See redline comment responses for additional clarificationDepartment: Stormwater EngineeringContact: Matt Simpson, (970)4162754, masimpson@fcgov.comTopic: GeneralMatt, as you review this new drainage report if you have any issues please contact Blaine Mathisen at Northern (970)488.3901 and I will address the issue immediately to keep us on track for April P&Z. There was just a lot to revise between our meeting on 3/7/2022 at 4:00 to our submittal on 3/9/2022 at 2:00 but I think I encapsulated all of our discussions. Thank you for your understanding and help.Comment Number: 6 02/21/2022: FOR APPROVAL UPDATED:The LID needs to be designed per the Fort Collins Stormwater Criteria Manual and not Mile High Flood District. The LID areas need to be shown on the utility plans, site plan, and landscape plan. See redlines for more information.Response: LID has been designed per FCSCM. Variance request also provided.12/03/2021: FOR APPROVAL:For this project formal LID treatment is required for 50% of impervious surfaces. Feel free to contact me to get feedback on any ideas. Since this is a park, with lowintensity uses, LID options may be more flexible.Please provide an impervious areas map and tabulation.Comment Number: 9 02/21/2022: FOR APPROVAL:A Stormwater focused meeting will be needed to proceed. This will be to go over redlines, talk about Fort Collins LID requirements, and talk about impacts to the offsite drainage channel.Response: A LID / stormwater drainage focus meeting was held on Monday, March 7 from 1-2pm. Attendees included Tenae Beane, Matt Simpson, Andy Reese, Blaine Mathisen, Craig Kisling, Jen Torrey.Comment Number: 10 02/21/2022: FOR INFORMATION ONLY:**A completeness check will be required on next submittal. This is to check that the comments are being addressed in a manner that is moving in the right direction.**Based on the design and documentation presented, I have numerous questions about the LID and offsite drainage channel, as such new stormwater comments may arise in future rounds.Response: Acknowledged.Comment Number: 11 02/21/2022: FOR APPROVAL:Regarding the modifications to the offsite drainage channel, northeast of the site, I have the following concerns:This will require property owner permission to make these changesResponse: Acknowledged. A letter of intent has been provided.The water surface impact of the channel encroachment and bridge encroachment will need to be documented. The drainage report will need to confirm that there will be no impacts to adjacent properties. ** This will most likely require a backwater model. Please discuss further with me.**Response: Acknowledged. Per discussions with staff, this design is part of a separate Trail project and the analysis would be completed as part of that process. However, an HY-8 analysis was conducted to verify overtopping elevations along the north side of the swale. Swale top of bank was brought up slightly to keep all backwater flow within the swale. Please refer to the updated drainage report narrative for additional information.Based on the documentation provided in the drainage report, this channel conveys 341cfs (Q100). Swales larger than 100cfs do not need to follow the 133% freeboard requirement, rather they must provide 1ft of freeboard.Response: 1’ of freeboard requirement is met during normal flow conditions and a Hydraflow Express analysis has been included in the appendix of the drainage report. However, during the 100-yr backwater condition 1’ of freeboard is impossible to meet because it is overtopping at the downstream 36” culvert crossing. The drainage report narrative goes into more detail regarding these two separate issues (normal depth v. backwater depth). How will the proposed bridge be hydraulically designed? Will the bridge low chord be above the 100yr WSEL?Response: Per discussions with staff, this design is part of a separate Trail project and the analysis wouldbe completed as part of that process.What scour protection will be needed to protect the bridge abutments?Response: Per discussions with staff, this design is part of a separate Trail project and the analysis wouldbe completed as part of that process.The drainage report will need a section discussing the modifications to this drainage channel, the impacts, and any necessary mitigation.Response: Drainage report has been updated.Comment Number: 12 02/21/2022: FOR APPROVAL:Please address the following comments on the Drainage Report:a. In the drainage report body, please clearly present the onsite impervious area and compare against the assumed imperviousness from the subdivision drainage design (see redlines for more details).Response: Additional clarification has been provided. This is why the SWMM model from Bucking Horse Filing 2 is included in Appendix Bb.Please have a section in the drainage report discussing the offsite channel work and bridge.Response: The bridge analysis will be completed with the bridge project. However, this updated drainage report lays a very solid foundation to move forward when the next project comes online.c.Add a section discussing the design of the vegetated buffers for LID credit. This should explain how these buffers are meeting the FCSCM requirements for this BMP – and explain if you are intending to apply for a variance to any specific criteria.Response: Rain garden is now proposed. Please refer to variance request and updated drainage report for additional information.Comment Number: 13 02/21/2022: FOR APPROVAL:**Please remove AutoCAD SHX comments from PDF plans. AutoCAD turns drawing text into comments that appear in the PDF plan set, and these must be removed prior to submittal as they can cause issues with the PDF file. The default setting is "1" ("on") in AutoCAD. To change the setting and remove this feature, type "EPDFSHX" in the command line and enter "0". Read this article at Autodesk.com for more tips on this topic:https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/DrawingtextappearsasCommentsinaPDFcreatedbyAutoCAD.htmlResponse: PDF plans have the correct settings.Comment Number: 14 02/21/2022: FOR APPROVAL:Please see redlines of UT Plans, LS Plans and Drainage Report.Response: The hydrozone / irrigation plans show connection to the irrigation meter and service;The scales on the landscape sheets have been corrected; Seeding, plugs and shrub plantings have been added to the planting plans within the drainage area to provide vegetative buffering; Vegetative material / vegetative buffers are shown on the planting plan sheets (rather than the site plan sheets).Comment Number: 15 02/22/2022: FOR APPROVAL:The offsite grading and trail work, in the stormwater channel north of the site, will require at minimum a temporary construction easement from the property owner. A permanent access easement may be needed for the trail (please coordinate this with Engineering, Trails Planning, and Parks Review).Typically a "Letter of Intent" is provided before PnZ Hearing and the executed easements and agreements with the Final Approval of the development plan.Response: A letter of intent has been provided from the HOA. Off-site grading necessary for park site improvement is reflected in the BDR plans. Off-site trail re-alignment is a separate project and the trail spur has been removed from the BDR plans.Department: WaterWastewater EngineeringContact: Matt Simpson, (970)4162754, masimpson@fcgov.comTopic: GeneralComment Number: 4 02/21/2022: FOR APPROVAL:Please provide a water service sizing calculation for the domestic water service. This should follow the AWWA M22 method.Response: Water service sizing calculations for the domestic water has been provided with this submittal. Comment Number: 5 02/21/2022: FOR APPROVAL:Please see redlines of irrigation and landscape plans. The irrigation system is connected to the domestic water service.Response: The hydrozone and irrigation plans have been updated to include the proper connection to the irrigation meter and service.Department: Light And PowerContact: Tyler Siegmund, 9704162772, tsiegmund@fcgov.comTopic: GeneralComment Number: 1 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:Light and Power has conduit stubbed to the south edge of the site that can be extended to provide power to the park.Response: Noted. Thank you.Comment Number: 2 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:Electric capacity fees, development fees, building site charges and any system modification charges necessary to feed the site will apply to this development. Please contact me to discuss the preliminary estimate or visit the following website for an estimate of charges and fees related to this project:http://www.fcgov.com/utilities/business/buildersanddevelopers/plantinvestmentdevelopmentfeesResponse: Noted. Thank you.Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 12/07/202112/07/2021: INFORMATION:A commercial service information form (C 1 form) and a one line diagram for all commercial meters will need to be completed and submitted to Light & Power Engineering for review. A link to the C 1 form is below:http://www.fcgov.com/utilities/business/builders and developers/developmentformsguidelinesregulationsResponse: Noted. Thank you.Comment Number: 4 12/07/2021: INFORMATION:Please contact Tyler Siegmund with Light & Power Engineering if you have any questions at 970.416.2772. Please reference our policies, construction practices, development charge processes, electric service standards, and use our fee estimator at: http://www.fcgov.com/utilities/business/buildersanddevelopersDepartment: Environmental PlanningContact: Scott Benton, (970)4164290, sbenton@fcgov.comTopic: GeneralComment Number: 3 02/22/2022: FOR APPROVAL: My apologies for not catching this sooner, but I have some concerns with the impacts of a bridge over a wetland and a trail located between two wetlands (the HOA drainage and the railroad toe of slope wetland). These wetlands are on marginally not naturalized and thus would avoid buffering requirements, however, placing the trail on the southern/western side of the HOA wetland would provide some buffering.Response: The re-alignment of the trail spur is a separate project from the park site and has been removed from the BDR plan set. Off-site grading into the drainage is still required for the park site. Existing, non-naturalized vegetation within the drainage area will be re-established with native seed, plugs, and shrub plantings. The proposed native species re-vegetation is equal to or better than the current condition of volunteer species. Comment Number: 4 02/22/2022: INFORMATION ONLY: What is the plan with the two seed mixes? Will they both be seeded at the same time? At separate times? Will weed management be conducive to areas with broadleaved wildflowers present?Response: The native turf - short grass prairie seed will be applied initially and will be followed with the wildflower seed mix. The wildflower mix will likely be applied after a couple of seasons, once grasses are established. The native turf – wet meadow seed to be applied within the bottom and side slopes of the drainage area. The wet meadow mix is entirely grass species. Comment Number: 5 02/22/2022: FOR APPROVAL: Please ensure that all terminologies and hashing match up. For instance, is 'Native Turf' the same as 'Native Seed Mix'? Is there a separate detention basin seed mix? Response: Labels, hatch patterns and seed mix terminologies have been coordinated. There is a separate seed mix for the drainage area, it is included on the landscape plan sheets.Department: ParksContact: Aaron Wagner, aawagner@fcgov.comTopic: GeneralComment Number: 17 02/02/2022: FOR INFORMATIONThe Parks Dept. is working offline with PP&D regarding Parks related issues.Response:Thank you. A separate response letter will be provided to Parks offline.Department: ForestryContact: Christine Holtz, choltz@fcgov.comTopic: GeneralComment Number: 18 02/22/2022: INFORMATION ONLY FOR APPROVAL Please consider using winter king Hawthorne (Crataegus viridis) instead of, or in addition to, thornless cockspur hawthorne. Winter king hawthorns have very high disease resistance and do not succumb to leaf blight nearly as much as other varieties. Response: Thank you for this suggestion. While the Winter King Hawthorne does not quite have the preferred branching pattern for this application, we will keep this species in mind if plant substitutions are necessary.Department: Building ServicesContact: Katy Hand, , khand@fcgov.comTopic: Building Insp Plan ReviewComment Number: 1 12/06/2021: INFORMATIONAL: Each detached structure requires a separate permit, this includes: play structures, buildings, bike shelters, trellises, pergolas, shade structures, fences/posts over 6ft tall.Response:Understood, separate submittals will be made for those elements.Comment Number: 2 12/06/2021: Each restroom requires an accessible stall. New Buildings need to comply with 2017 ICCA117.1 which means larger clear floor spaces and turning radius to accommodate power assisted wheelchairs. Plan Restroom building size accordingly.Response:The Restroom is designed to meet the 2017 ICCA117.1 requirements.Comment Number: 3 12/06/2021: Please visit our website for current adopted codes, local amendments, and submittal requirements. Note: 2021 Building Codes will be adopted early 2022https://www.fcgov.com/building/application.phphttps://www.fcgov.com/building/codes.phphttps://www.fcgov.com/building/energycodeResponse: Acknowledged Department: Outside AgenciesContact: Don Kapperman, Comcast, don_kapperman@comcast.com, Topic: GeneralComment Number: 1 02/16/2022: Comcast has no issues. Response:Thank you.Department: Water ConservationContact: Eric Olson, 9702216704, eolson@fcgov.comTopic: GeneralComment Number: 1 11/15/2021: Irrigation plans are required no later than at the time of building permit. The irrigation plans must comply with the provisions outlined in Section 3.2.1(J) of the Land Use Code. Direct questions concerning irrigation requirements to Eric Olson, at 2216704 or eolson@fcgov.comResponse: Acknowledged; irrigation plans are being included with this re-submittal.