HomeMy WebLinkAboutSILVER OAKS - PRELIMINARY - 14-88F - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (3)City of Fort Collins
Planning Department
10/26/92
To Whom it Concerns and the Planning and Zoning Board:
I'm writing concerning the Silver Oaks, Overland Hills and Overland
Hills West developments. I've attended part one neighborhood
meeting and have read the informational mailings from your
department. Planners Steve Olt and Ted Shepard have been named as
planners involved in these projects. My concerns relate to
traffic, foothills trail access, school impact, and
environmental/quality of life issues.
Regarding traffic, it seems to me that Tafthill currently is
inadequate to handle the traffic from recent developments and the
proposed developments would make the situation intolerable. The
road should be widened to a four lane arterial from Drake South
with lights at 38E and Harmony Road. Horsetooth Road should be
widened at side streets and intersections to allow for turn lanes
East of Taft and the same for Harmony Road. 38E should have turn
lanes West of Taft. The Silver Oaks development should have direct
egress to Taft separate from Horsetooth, and the Overland
developments should have egress to 38E via an extension of their
service road, and/or connection with Platte or Highlands West.
Even with these traffic routing improvements, the combined density
of these developments raises concerns regarding intrusions upon the
environment and quality of life for existing residents and the
people of the city. The foothills is a unique and special area and
impacts from these developments and a rumored arterial serving the
CSU stadium need to be carefully considered. An extension of
Overland Trail South would make the stadium arterial closer to
reality, and therefore shouldn't be done.
The Overland Hills developments encroach upon an existing trail
which extends from the end of Horsetooth Road west up over the
hogbacks and connects with a trail heading North and South beneath
the resevoir. The city and county really need to get together to
preserve as much of this open space as possible and to develop a
trail system such as Boulder has. The Overland Hills West
development is to be East of the Pine Ridge Open Space, but what is
the public access to this proposed city open space? How will the
trail, public parking, housing and streets be integrated?
These are my concerns, and I would appreciate some response
regarding how and if they are being addressed. Also, information
on what other steps I may take to forward my concerns, if
necessary, would be appreciated. Thank you,
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Eric Busch
Springfield Homeowner