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Ci of Fort Collins
November 30, 1993
Eldon Ward
Cityscape Urban Design, Inc.
3555 Stanford Road
Suite 105
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Dear Eldon; -
Upon reviewing your response letter to Ted Shepard for the Arapahoe
Farm Townhomes PUD, Preliminary, dated November 24, 1993, I noted
some statements in item #5 that do not accurately reflect what has
been discussed previously and that perhaps need further
clarification.
The dead-end of Hilburn Drive that is created by the proposed
Arapahoe Townhomes P.U.D. was discussed at Conceptual Review on
August 30, 1993 . If you will review the comments prepared based on
that meeting, there is no mention of this particular dead-end being
a "result of a mistake by the City. " Nor was there any mention of
this in any other conversations I recall having with you. In
addition, Engineering staff comments logged in our notebook at
Conceptual Review reflect we stated that if the street is not going
to be extended and utilized by the Arapahoe Townhomes parcel, then
either the stub street is to be removed by the developer or the
developer can construct a permanent cul-de-sac on his property to
terminate the dead-end.
If the developer of the townhomes is choosing not to use the street
stub, which was planned with GT Land at the time Regency Park was
approved, then he is responsible to perform whatever work, on-site
and off-site, is necessary to fit his proposal into the existing
and previously approved surrounding development. Such a situation
is not unusual. We routinely take requests for vacations of
rights-of-way to City Council on behalf of developers who have
chosen to redesign and, if necessary, remove all or a portion of a
planned or existing street system.
It is true there are existing street stubs in the City that dead-
end at a property line. Some are stubs such as Hilburn Drive -
streets that are planned to be extended onto adjacent parcels
expected to develop or redevelop. Some are situations that ,have
existed in the City for a long time and perhaps prior to current
Code, policies, and practices. And, as was mentioned at Conceptual
Review, there are probably situations that the City has missed
during the review of development plans in the past. However, as
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you know, when we are aware of a dead-end being created, the City
has certain requirements that are triggered depending on the
situation. For example, we may require turnaround easements to be
dedicated, we may have developers post cash for removal of
temporary cul-de-sacs, access' may be restricted on dead-end
streets, etc.
The Hilburn Drive dead-end was not a situation which was overlooked
by the City. In fact, as mentioned, the street stub was
specifically planned at the time Regency Park developed. The City
even required reconstruction of a portion of the dead-end so that
the grades would work properly for the street to be extended onto
the GT Land parcel. Neither of the homes on the corner lots were
allowed to take driveway access off of the street stub, therefore
a temporary public turnaround at the end of ,the stub was not
required.
I hope this letter has helped to clarify the situation. If you
have further questions, please contact our office at 221-6750.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
to A.12/i"
Kerrie Ashbeck
Civil Engineer
cc: File
Ted Shepard, Project Planner
Stan Myers, RBD
Jim Postle, James Company
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