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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWORTHINGTON STORAGE - FDP220016 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 6 - Responses (2) 1 Community Development and Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6689 970.224.6134 - fax fcgov.com/developmentreview March 05, 2024 Sam Coutts Ripley Design 419 Canyon Ave Fort Collins, CO 80521 RE: Worthington Storage, FDP220016, Round Number 5 Please see the following summary of comments from City staff and outside reviewing agencies for your submittal of Worthington Storage. If you have questions about any comments, you may contact the individual commenter or direct your questions through your Development Review Coordinator, Brandy Bethurem Harras via phone at 970-416-2744 or via email at bbethuremharras@fcgov.com. Response in red please contact: Ripley Design, Inc. Response in blue please contact: EPS Group Response in purple please contact: Strategic Storage Partners Comment Summary: Department: Development Review Coordinator Contact: Brandy Bethurem Harras bbethuremharras@fcgov.com 970-416-2744 Topic: General Comment Number: 1 12/29/2022: INFORMATION: I will be your primary point of contact throughout the development review and permitting process. If you have any questions, need additional meetings with the project reviewers, or need assistance throughout the process, please let me know and I can assist you and your team. Please include me in all email correspondence with other reviewers and keep me informed of any phone conversations. Thank you! RIPLEY RESPONSE: Thank you, Brandy. Comment Number: 2 12/29/2022: SUBMITTAL: As part of your resubmittal, you will respond to the comments provided in this letter. This letter is provided to you in Microsoft Word format. Please use this document to insert responses to each comment for your submittal, using a different font color. 2 When replying to the comment letter please be detailed in your responses, as all comments should be thoroughly addressed. Comments requiring action should NOT have a response such as noted or acknowledged. You will need to provide references to specific project plans, pages, reports, or explanations of why comments have not been addressed [when applicable]. RIPLEY RESPONSE: Understood, thank you Brandy. Comment Number: 3 03/04/2024: SUBMITTAL: Correct file naming is required as part of a complete submittal. Please follow the Electronic Submittal Requirements and File Naming Standards found here: https://www.fcgov.com/developmentreview/files/electronic -submittal-requirements- and-file-naming-standards_v1_8-1-19.pdf?1703783275 File names should have the corresponding number, followed by the file type prefix, project information, and round number. For example: 1_SITE PLAN_Project Name_FDP_Rd1. A list of numbers and prefixes for each file can be found at the link above. RIPLEY RESPONSE: The Documents for this submittal follow the above naming conventions. Comment Number: 4 12/29/2022: SUBMITTAL: All plans should be saved as optimized/flattened PDFs to reduce file size and remove layers. Per the Electronic Submittal Requirements AutoCAD SHX attributes need to be removed from the PDF’s. AutoCAD turns drawing text into comments that appear in the PDF plan set, and these must be removed prior to submittal as they can cause issues with the PDF file. The default setting is "1" ("on") in AutoCAD. To change the setting and remove this feature, type "EPDFSHX" (version 2016.1) or “PDFSHX (version 2017 and newer) in the command line and enter "0". Read this article at Autodesk.com for more on this topic: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarti cles/sfdcarticles/Drawing-text-appears-as-Comments-in-a-PDF-created-by-AutoCAD.html RIPLEY RESPONSE: Documents provided with this submittal have been optimized and flattened. Comment Number: 5 12/29/2022: SUBMITTAL: Resubmittals are accepted any day of the week, with Wednesday at noon being the cut-off for routing the same week. When you are preparing to resubmit your plans, please notify me with an expected submittal date with as much advanced notice as possible. RIPLEY RESPONSE: Thank you Brandy, and we are submitting on 03/27/2024. Comment Number: 6 12/29/2022: INFORMATION: Please resubmit within 180 days, approximately 6 months, to avoid the expiration of your project. RIPLEY RESPONSE: Understood, thank you Brandy. Comment Number: 9 3 12/29/2022: FOR FINAL APPROVAL: All "For Final Approval / For Approval" comments need to be addressed and resolved prior to moving forward with the final documents and recording of this project. I will provide a recording checklist and process information when we are closer to this step. RIPLEY RESPONSE: All “For Final Approval” comments have been addressed and resolved for this submittal. Comment Number: 10 02/20/2024: FOR RECORDING - PLAT & SITE PLAN: Could you please update the City signature blocks on the plat and site plan? Instead of using "this _______ day of ______A.D., 20____," could you opt for "on this day, _____________" for the date? This alternative format facilitates smoother date input with digital signatures. Additionally, kindly ensure there is sufficient space between the signature line and the title line to accommodate the digital signature. If you need an example please let me know. RIPLEY RESPONSE: Signature block on Site plan has been updated. EPS GROUP RESPONSE: Signature block on plat has been updated. Department: Planning Services Contact: Katelyn Puga kpuga@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 10 02/29/2024: FOR FINAL APPROVAL: Please address the redline provided on the Site Plan with the next submittal. RIPLEY RESPONSE: Site Plan redlines have been addressed. See “Responses” folder for redline responses. Department: Engineering Development Review Contact: Tim Dinger tdinger@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 4 03/04/2024: FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT: The Development agreement was sent to the developer's team on 7/18/2023. Les Kaplan responded on 8/9/2023 that he is okay with the language, but he noted that the attorney for Strategic Storage still needed to sign off. I have not heard from Strategic Storage regarding the DA since then. Please let me know if the DA is ready for recording, or if there are comment/questions from Strategic Storage. Strategic Storage Partners RESPONSE: Storm Water Agreement is acceptable. Comment Number: 5 03/04/2024: FOR RECORDING: Some of the storm drain line for this project encroaches into the ROW of Worthington Circle. You must acquire a major encroachment permit prior to the Recording the final utility plan. The application form can be found here: https://www.fcgov.com/engineering/inspection. Please contact Ken Zetye (kzetye@fcgov.com) for more information. 4 EPS GROUP RESPONSE: The encroachment permit application has been submitted to the engineering department per Ken. A copy has been provided with submittal for reference. We will coordinate the approval of permit with city staff. Department: Forestry Contact: Christine Holtz choltz@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 4 03/06/2024: FOR FINAL APPROVAL: Since the initial inventory, the existing trees have all increased in size by 2 inches. Trees #1 (13") and #36 (14") are close to proposed stormwater utilities. Since they have both grown, tree number 1 especially will need to be removed since approximately 50% of the critical root zone will be impacted. Please indicate on the plans that tree #1 will be removed, and the mitigation is increased by 2 trees. RIPLEY RESPONSE: The Tree Mitigation Sheet has been updated to show Tree #1 removed and the mitigation tree count has been updated to show the additional required 2 trees. The two additional trees will be payment in –lieu due to the tight constraints on site. Department: Stormwater Engineering Contact: Dan Mogen dmogen@fcgov.com 970-305-5989 Topic: General Comment Number: 5 03/04/2024: FOR FINAL APPROVAL: There are questions about the proposed variance and Stormtech design. Please contact me to discuss. Major encroachment permit is required to ensure the private storm system can be located in the right-of-way. Please see redlines for additional information and other clean -up items to be addressed. EPS GROUP RESPONSE: See variance language submitted with application. The encroachment permit has been submitted to the Engineering department. We will coordinate the approval of the permit with city staff. Comment Number: 6 03/05/2024: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT: Development agreement language will need to be updated based on the proposed stormwater product changes. Strategic Storage Partners RESPONSE: Development Agreement us updated for the proposed stormwater changes. Department: Water-Wastewater Engineering Contact: Dan Mogen dmogen@fcgov.com 970-305-5989 Topic: General Comment Number: 1 03/04/2024: FOR RECORDING - COMMENT STILL APPLIES: 08/08/2023: Per our discussion, sizing calculations will be provided to confirm 5 proposed meter sizes prior to recording docs. EPS GROUP RESPONSE: Sizing calculations have been prepared and are included with this submittal. Service line and meter have been revised to one-inch. 05/23/2023: FOR FINAL APPROVAL - UNADDRESSED: Please provide sizing calculations for the domestic service/meter (irrigation service/meter has been addressed). EPS GROUP RESPONSE: Sizing calculations have been prepared and are included with this submittal. Service line and meter have been revised to one-inch. 04/03/2023: FOR FINAL APPROVAL - UNADDRESSED: 01/17/2023: The water service and meter for this project site will need to be sized based on the AWWA M22 manual design procedure. A sizing justification letter that includes demand calculations for maximum flows and estimated continuous flows must be provided. As well, an engineered estimate for the annual water use on the domestic service will be required to determine the Water Supply Requirement (WSR) for the service/building. EPS GROUP RESPONSE: Water bills for a similar facility are included, as well as a bill summary and narrative (notes) that provide the information required by “Special Circumstances – Code Section 126-149(c)”. Comment Number: 6 03/04/2024: FOR FINAL APPROVAL: Please provide at least 10 feet of separation from the existing sanitary sewer main to the proposed Stormtech system (10 feet minimum from sewer main to Stormtech underdrain). Please review landscape separations and provide minimum 4 feet clear space around proposed water meters. Please see redlines for additional details. EPS GROUP RESPONSE: The Stormtech system and underdrain have been adjusted to provide a minimum of 10 -ft separation from the sanitary main. RIPLEY RESPONSE: Landscape plans have been updated to show a min 4’ clearance around the proposed water meters. Department: Light And Power Contact: Rob Irish rirish@fcgov.com 970-224-6167 Topic: General Comment Number: 2 05/15/2023: FOR DCP - UPDATED: C-1 Form submitted was not fully completed. Based on the information that was submitted, it appears the proposed transformer pad size and location should work. Please submit a fully completed C1 Form and -Oneline- diagram to me when you have all of the information or prior to DCP. 03/28/2023: FOR FINAL APPROVAL - UPDATED: Please submit a fully completed C-1 Form and One-line diagram. This will determine the actual size of the transformer pad. 01/06/2023: FOR FINAL APPROVAL: A fully completed C1 Form and One- line diagram will be required- for final approval. Please submit these to me when you have them completed. 6 EPS GROUP RESPONSE: C1 form and supporting one line diagram per owner provided electrical plans is included with this submission. Strategic Storage Partners RESPONSE: C1 Form completed and included with this submission. Department: Building Services Contact: Russell Hovland rhovland@fcgov.com 970-416-2341 Topic: Building Insp Plan Review Comment Number: 2 03/04/2024: BUILDING PERMIT - CONTRACTOR LICENSING: Be advised, self storage structures must use a city licensed general contractor to build all buildings on site. It's common for these types of project to hire a out-of-state metal building supplier to construct such a project and that is only allowed if they have a valid local GC license. Strategic Storage Partners RESPONSE: Developer will be using a General Contractor with a valid City License. Department: Technical Services Contact: Jeff County jcounty@fcgov.com 970-221-6588 Topic: Plat Comment Number: 1 03/05/2024: FOR FINAL APPROVAL-UPDATED: Please make changes as marked. If changes are not made or you disagree with comments, please provide written response of why corrections were not made. Please provide any responses on redlined sheets and/or in response letter. If you have any specific questions about the redlines, please contact John Von Nieda at 970-221-6565 or jvonnieda@fcgov.com EPS GROUP RESPONSE: Responses have been added to redlines. RIPLEY RESPONSE: Responses have been added to redlines and this comment letter.