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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY CAMPUS - PDP - PDP170040 - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGr� L PROJ EC�: LOQATION: DATE: APPLICANT: � NEIGHBOFiHOOD 1NFOFiMATION MEETI9VG Platte River Power Authority Campus Expansion 2000 East Horsetooth Road November 2, 2017 Jeff Menard, P.R.P.A. CONSULTANTS: Angie Milewski, BHA Design, Inc. Michael McBride, BHA Design, Inc. CITY STAFF: Ted Shepard, Chief Planner Project Description As proposed, this is a request to redevelop the Platte River Power Authority Campus located at 2000 E Horsetooth Road by demolishing the original headquarters building and various out-buildings. In their place, a new 54,000 square foot office headquarters building would be constructed. New multiple structures would be constructed for . warehouses, operations office, and storage buildings to ultimately result in about 80,000 to 90,000 square feet on campus. Two access points would be closed, one on Timberline Road and one on Horsetooth Road. Then one access will remain on _ _ Horsetooth Road. A new controlled access would be gained from Danfield Court to the north parking lot for fleet vehicles only. The existing pond will remain in its current location and be expanded. This proposal is located in the Employment zone. The site is 17 acres. Questions, Concerns, Commenis 1. I see where the plan is to consolidate driveways off Horsetooth. Will an eastbound left turn into the site still be allowed? A. Yes, an eastbound left turn will still be permitted into our public parking lot. 2. Are more employees anticipated with this expansion? A. The primary reason for the expansion is to accommodate our increase in employees that we have experienced over the last 20 years. For example, when this building was constructed in 1978, we had 54 employees. Now we have 140 so you can see that we are over-crowded, Because of this growth, we have had to shift some employees up to Rawhide when they are better suited to be housed � � here. We have also modified our intemal workflow processes and plan on adding a few new employees in 2019. 3. Will there be an increase in traffic due to the new employees? A. We don't think so as the number will be low compared to the existi_ng background traffic on Horsetooth and Timberline. Also; please note that all truck traffic will be routed to Danfield Court to gain access to the new parking lot instead of Horsetooth Road so that should relieve traffic at our driveway on Horsetooth. 4. What is your next step? A. Our next step is to revise our plans and submit to the City at some point in November. 5. It appears that you have acquired land from the property to the north that I refer to as the former LSI building? A. Yes, we have acquired the land to the west for the former LSI building that, as you can see, we plan to use as a parking lot for the service fleet; This allows us to separate the fleet frorra the employee and public parking lot along Horsetooth for seeurity purposes. 6. I see where there is a gate between the two parking lots? A. Yes, this will be a sliding gate that can only be operated by an authorized card system and allows for circulation for staff and the Poudre Fire Authority. 7. Will you be landscaping along the west edge of the property to buffer the Power Line Trail? A. Yes, the City's landscaping standards require a buffer. We have removed the existing Russian Olives as these are now an undesirable species. 8. What about the existing solar panels? A. These panels were installed in around 1987 and have degraded to the point beyond their usefulness. In fact, we noticed degradafion in their output back in 2010. We plan on removing the panels and donating them to an entity that is interested in analyzing their degradation aspects for research. 9. What about prairie dogs? A. We are not aware of any prairie dogs but if found; we will comply with the City's newly adopted regulations. F C 10. What will be the height of the buildings to the north? C A. One building is two-story and one building is one=story but with a 16-foot height for our service vehicles. 11. W'ill you be keeping the communication tower? A. Yes. 12. Will you be placing new solar panels on the roof of the new building? A. The roof and intemal systems will be designed to be solar-ready but panels will not be installed at the initial time of construction. Please note that we are working with C.S.U. Institute for the Built Environment to make the new building as energy efficient as possible. 13. How much squa. re footage are you gaining with the new building compared to the existing? A. All the current buildings are about 63,000 square feet and will be replaced by about 54,000 square feet Headquarters building. All the buildings combined will give us about 80,000 to 90,000 square feet total. 14. Could you go over the timeline again? A. We plan on submitting our re-development plans to the City this month. Then, we will submit for our building permit and would like to break ground late in the Spring or early Summer of 2018. We would like to have the existing building demolished and move into our new building by November of 2019. 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