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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTHE OVERLOOK CONVENIENCE CENTER AT ARAPAHOE FARM PUD - PRELIMINARY - 55-87N - CORRESPONDENCE - STREET RELATED DOCUMENT TranspolOon Services • dad ,a`s A i4„ 4,Y`, Engineering Department City of Fort Collins MEMORANDUM Date: April 18, 1996 To: Mike Herzig, Development Engineering Manager Gary Diede, TOP Group Leader Bob Blanchard, Current Planning Director Ted Shepard, Senior City Planner Steve Olt, City Planner Eric Bracke, Transportation Planner cc: Tom Shoemaker, Natural Resources Director From: Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer RE: STATUS OF OLD HARMONY ROAD BETWEEN NEW HARMONY ROAD AND TAFT HILL ROAD The following is a summary of the City's position on the status of old Harmony Road between Taft Hill Road and New Harmony Road based on the meetings which have been held over the last several months: • When new Harmony Road is completed and connected to Taft Hill Road at the intersection with County Road 38E, old Harmony Road will be closed at the intersection with Taft Hill Road. Old Harmony Road will remain open only to the extent necessary to provide access to the adjoining undeveloped properties and existing land uses on the north and south sides of old Harmony Road. • Seneca Street is planned to extend south of new Harmony Road to serve the property to the south of old Harmony Road (Harmony Ridge P.U.D.). Seneca is planned to be a collector street and will be signalized at new Harmony Road in the future. The intersection of Seneca and new Harmony Road provides full turn movement access to both the Harmony Ridge P.U.D. and the property to the north (convenience center site). Both properties also have frontage on and can take access off of new Harmony Road. However, those access points are restricted to right-in/right-out only by the median in new Harmony Road. 281 North College Avenue • P.O.Box 580 • Fort Collins,CO 80522-0580 • (970)221-6605 • If the convenience center site on the north side of Harmony Road develops first, that property owner must dedicate the r.o.w. and construct Seneca Street to the south property line to provide access to new Harmony Road for the Harmony Ridge P.U.D. at a full-turn movement intersection. • If the property on the south side of old Harmony Road develops first, per the proposed Harmony Ridge P.U.D. preliminary plan,that property owner must obtain the off-site r.o.w. for and construct Seneca Street from new Harmony Road to the property. As a collector, the City will reimburse for any oversized portion of Seneca Street. Via repay agreement, the developer could seek reimbursement for the off-site street construction. The repay would be due when the convenience center site (property on the north side of old Harmony Road) develops. • As noted previously, once new Harmony Road is complete to Taft Hill Road, old Harmony Road will become a local street to access the existing adjoining land uses and the City has no other interest in keeping old Harmony Road in its existing alignment as a public street. However, the adjacent property owners have the option to come up with a plan which incorporates old Harmony Road into their proposed development projects. Any plan to realign and/or keep all or a portion of old Harmony Road would have to be supported by a development plan acceptable to the City and to the affected adjoining property owners. The plan would also have to include upgrading old Harmony Road to current City street standards. • Old Harmony Road will remain as access to the Harmony Ridge P.U.D. property until that property redevelops or until alternative access (Seneca Street) is provided. At that time, the City will consider vacation of the right-of-way which is no longer necessary for public street purposes and retain whatever utility, drainage, and access easements may be necessary for public purposes. • If the City wants to keep any portion of old Harmony Road for access to a trailhead, such access will need to be coordinated with the development plans for the adjacent parcels. City staff still has to evaluate whether one option may include vacating old Harmony Road as a public street, but retaining it as a driveway access (easement) to the trailhead which would be maintained by the City. Access to the trailhead could also come through the Harmony Ridge P.U.D. local street system or off of Taft Hill Road. • The City currently has no project and no funds appropriated to remove old Harmony Road between Taft Hill Road and new Harmony Road.