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Planning Department
April 22, 1994
Mr. Eldon Ward
Cityscape Urban Design
3555 Stanford Road, Suite 105
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Dear Eldon:
Staff has reviewed the request for Miramont Filing Three Final
P.U.D. and offers the following comments:
1. Comments from the Fort Collins - Loveland Water District and
the South Fort Collins Sanitation District are enclosed.
2. U.S. West will need a 15' x 30' easement for three large
telephone equipment cabinets in the general vicinity of the center
of the development. Please contact Susan Peterson for further_
details.
3. Please be aware that Stormwater Utility will require a stream
bank stabilization study for Mail Creek Ditch.
4: Also, please be aware that the. City's Engineering Department
will require a hydrologic study for the subdrain system.
5. The Engineering Department will require that the east side of
Lemay Avenue also be designed in conjunction with the west side
improvements. Please contact Mike Herzig, 221-6750, for further
details.
6. Please be cautioned that the South Fort Collins Sanitation
District may require additional manholes in the cul-de-sacs that
feature landscape islands. Contact Terry Farrill, 226-3104 for
further details.
7. Staff is concerned about the note regarding landscaping around
the Werner School being tied to the extension of Southridge Greens
Boulevard. This phasing needs more explanation. It may be that
the postponed landscaping will be secured with a financial
instrument in order to allow the proposed phasing.
8. On Landscape Plan, the Summit Ash and the Glenleven Linden
should be increased in size to two inches in caliper.
281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750
9. Please include a schematic of the fencing rather than Note #8.
10. The Department of Natural Resources requests that Crested
Wheatgrass and Smooth Brome not be used in the grass seed mix.
Both are considered exotic and invasive grasses. Also, the Sheep
Fescue is not considered native and should not be used.
11. The Department of Natural Resources is concerned about the
loss of the cottonwoods and the impact on the raptor perch sites.
All Development Criterion A-1.3 of the L.D.G.S. is considered
applicable due to the interest by the Colorado Division of Wildlife
in preserving a raptor habitat in southeast. Fort Collins. In order
to mitigate this loss, the developer is asked to provide funds for
the purchase of replacement cottonwoods to be planted at a site
that is presently being used by raptors.
Natural Resources proposes that the developer contribute $2,700 for
purchase, maintenance and establishment of cottonwoods to provide
raptor perch sites in another location. While the preservation of
a number of cottonwoods on the P.U.D. is laudable, it is unlikely
that such trees will be used by raptors due to the extent of the
development in the immediate vicinity.
For further information on this mitigation measure, please contact
Karen Manci, Department of Natural Resources 221-6600.
12. The developer is free to remove existing elms from the site.
This concludes Staff comments at this time. Please note the
following deadlines for the May 23, 1994 Planning and Zoning Board
meeting:
Plan revisions due May 4, 1994
P.M.T.'s, 10 prints, colored renderings are due May 16, 1994.
Please feel free to call our office, or any of the above referenced
departments and agencies, to discuss these comments in depth.
Sincerely:
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Ted Shepard
Senior Planner
xc: Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer