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Home My WebLink AboutOAK/COTTONWOOD FARM PUD - MASTER PLAN - 54-87 - REPORTS - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION .7 111 RECEIVED SEP 2 21987 September 11, 1987 PLANNING DEPARTMENT Debbie deBesche City Planner P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, .CO 80522 Dear Ms. deBesche: This petition is submitted as a response to the September 3, 1987 meeting at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church. At that meeting a proposed master plan for Oak/Cottonwood Farm was presented. In addition, the points of concern are a follow up to a letter, dated August 28, 1987, sent to the City of Fort Collins by concerned residents of Fairway Estates. We feel that is important to reinforce the original concerns expi.essed in the August 28th letter and to respond directly to the September 3 presentation. 1. Land use bordering the east boundary of Fairway Estates. It is extremely important to us that only single family dwellings, with comparable lots, be built adjacent to Fairway Estates: The proposed land use of parcels 1-G and 1-F provides inadequate transition of land use from west to east. Replacing 1-G and 1-F with single family units, with density of 3-4 per acre, is a more acceptable alternative. 1-G is the third highest density parcel in the plan and serves as a stark contrast with adjacent land use rather than natural transition. An argument was presented that Boardwalk was a collector street and would not support single family residences. Existing City of Fort Collins land use contradicts this statement. Since Lemay was frequently used as an example in the presentation, consider it here. First, Oak Ridge contains single family units which border on Lemay. Second, Lemay, north from Harmony to Horsetooth, contains single family units. Moreover, north . of Horsetooth, both Nelson Farms and Parkway (two of the finest developments in town) contain units which border on Lemay. In each case, treatment has made the units attractive and marketable. 1 411 It is hard to believe that Boardwalk will be busier than Lemay. With proper treatment, land use transition can be achieved east of Boardwalk. 2 . Palmer Drive Extension. We request that Palmer Drive not be extended west from the new development into Fairway Estates. Rather, we recommend that the open space present now be maintained and formally be identified as a walk/bicycle way. There are a number of reasons for this request. Chief among them are the following: a.. The Palmer extension would be a major bypass to avoid the intersection at College and Harmony. b. It would grow to be a natural short cut to Walmart and an alternate route to US 287. c. There are no sidewalks in Fairway. d. Street lights are not present in Fairway. e. There are no curbs or bicycle lanes in Fairway. f. There are horses, small children, and a large number of elderly who regularly walk along Palmer. At least one wheel chair resident uses this street as a normal outlet. g. Increased traffic would significantly degrade the serenity and increase the danger along the community lake and recreational area. h. The street quality in Fairway is insufficient to handle increased traffic load. The area has already felt the influence of Fred Schmid and traffic construction in the College and Harmony areas. 3 . Land Use Ratio. The percentage of single family dwellings to other land uses in the Oak/Cottonwood Master Plan is 17.4%. While we have no other statistics for comparison, this number appears significantly small. There is no apparent reason why the master plan does not contain a larger portion of single family parcels. It is understood that the City supports a mixed land use policy. However, the area directly north and west of the property is single family. The area east contains large single family developments in Oak Ridge and Southridge. 4. Business Service Types. Business development in Oak 2 ® 4 Ridge generally is professionally based. A similar policy for this land is requested. Retail types and style in line with Scotch Pines is more desirable. Certainly, Fort Collins has not been as successful in maintaining the beauty of South College as residents would like. It would be beneficial to avoid a similar pattern along Harmony. Residents of Fairway Estates understand that development in the City is necessary for long term economic growth. Consequently, an accepted master plan will provide direction as to the future use of this land. We hope that you will take into consideration our concerns about this particular plan and its adverse impact upon, not only our resident area, but also those north and east. 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Zi-i,c__ . 6 4111 SEP 0 2 1987 August 28, 1987 PLANNING DEPARTMENT City of Fort Collins Office of Development Services Planning Department Fort Collins, CO 80522 We, the undersigned, are homeowners in Fairway Estates, living in close proximity to the proposed Oak/Cottonwood Farm development. Many of us will be unable to attend the September 3, 1987 meeting and are submitting this petition to convey our concerns. 1. It is extremely important to us that only single family dwellings, with large lots, be built adjacent to Fairway Estates. We much prefer that the entire development be composed of single family dwellings, and we will strongly protest any high density residential development in the vicinity of our community. 2. We request that Palmer Drive not be extended farther east into the new development. We would like to see a bicycle and pedestrian path adjoining the two areas for ready access to the new school. We will vigorously protest any plan that will make Fairway Estates streets main arteries of travel to and from the south and east. 3. We sincerely hope your plan does not call for more business outlets along Harmony Road. This creates a traffic hazard and an: eyesore, and is most unnecessary. Thank you for your consideration of our concerns. HOMEOWNER' S NAME ADDRESS ,t(7Zeer-:/,at,. 4/7 ZS'Ai - V �iv- 'vl . 11.. '�7 2 .f �i ,� - • 411 -2- HOMEOWNER'S NAME ADDRESS /614.40-L4/7 It 925 ///oyQ in r;i = aita:D) • //Lk e - N); 9 r ‘-kck 6*( 3-Zt,p.13 I�` j . 160 ? ''‘ra-. /(521. -L-e /ofW .Le` 6.7 acri& S o2� . ore) S 4'71 1-7/1.0 `Igety _)Lim-x...:1_44._Ga_e_ 47 fead Dr 3g a V71017 -"e V (afe Are d/-00:0 ,d1 �'� -2/Wo /76 2,- ,fir,. t August 27, 1987 Ms Debbie deBesche, Project Planner _70 Office of Development Services, Planning Department City of Fort Collins P. 0. Box 580 it/WY 143O Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 Dear Ms deBesche: ' Air We appreciate receiving a notice of the public information meeting on the Oak/Cottonwood. Farm master plan, which will be held September 3. As a homeowner in the Fairway Estates community, and President of the Fairway Estates Property Owners' Association, we are much concerned with develop- ment plans for the area -immediately east of us. - Unfortunately I- will be in Kansas on September 3 and unable to attend that meeting. I hope that some of our Association Board members, and other homeowners, will be pres- ent to express some of our concerns. Several years ago we met with potential developers when a plan was pro- posed for that area. In this letter I will enumerate some of the concerns Fairway Estate residents expressed at that time. Since receipt of your August 17 letter a number of residents have reiterated these same concerns to me. We are particularly anxious to have single family homes, with large lots, adjacent to Fairway Estates on the east. This will help to maintain the character of our neighborhood. Our preference would be that there be no high density residential development in this area. We already have more than enough problems with adjacent residents trespassing on our open spa- ces. In this regard we are pleased that you plan a neighborhood park. Harmony Road certainly does not need the additional traffic that high den- sity development will bring. It is already frustrating to cross Harmony Road (at the fire station exit) during the frequent periods of heavy traf- fic. About 1980 we were able to convince Coanty officials to vacate the extension of Hogan Drive at the southeast corner of Fairway Estates. We endeavored to have them vacate the extension of Palmer Drive but they were hesitant to at that time. We proposed a bicycle and pedestrian path for easy access to schools, parks and other destinations, and would still like to see this. We surely do not want that road put through in such a way that Palmer and Hogan Drives will become main thoroughfares for traffic from the east and south. We can easily access Harmony Road by automobile to go east. The problem there, as previously mentioned, is crossing Harmony Road to travel west. One other concern is the stripping of our main thoroughfares (Harmony Road in this case) with commercial development. We are rapidly transforming beautiful landscape into ugly roadside businesses. Highway 287 between Fort Collins and Loveland is a disappointing example of this. Will we ever learn to concentrate business outlets in large, readily accessible develop- ® • ments, and avoid lining every major roadside with individual retail outlets that provide no continuity for shopping needs? Thank you for this opportunity to respond. We look forward to working with Planning Department personnel on this as plans for the project progress. Sincerely, Harold M. Swope, President Fairway Estates Property Owners' Association cc: FEPOA Board Members Belinda Butler - Vice President Gary Hoover - Secretary Gary Johnson - Treasurer Wayne Cook Mike Stertz Ron Tinnermeier