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Ms Kirsten Whetstone, Project Planner
Planning and Zoning Board
P.O. Box 580
Ft. Collins, CO, 80522-0580
Dear Ms Whetstone:
3518 Laredo Lane
Ft. Collings CO, 80526
January 22, 199 ----
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RE: Kingston oW` ohs—PUD
Preliminary #58-91
I am writing on behalf of the Board of Directors of Casa Grande Condominium
Association in response to your letter dated January 13, 1992 pertaining to
the above proposed residential development. As you may know, most of our
residents are older and/or retired persons, and at present 60 of 66 units
are either occupied or sold, with occupancy pending completion of construc-
tion. Our area has large green belts, interior sidewalks, and paved drives,
all of which are an open, invitation for children to play or ride bikes.
Enclosed please find a letter which we will very shortly begin distributing
to our immediate neighbors. This letter was written at the suggestion of
the Fort Collins Police Department because we already have children and
adults using our property.
We request that your department give very serious consideration to the con-
struction, by the developer, of a six foot, three rail wood fence separating
the proposed new development from Casa Grande property. We desire to be good
neighbors, but we are concerned about the safety of children and our desire
for the privacy of our residents which is one of the primary reasons most of
us moved into this area.
Thank you for consideration of this request.
Very truly yours,
A. L. Grant, Jr., President
cc: Ms Susan Kirkpatrick, Mayor
City Council
City of Ft. Collins, CO
Mr. Dennis Nicks
Western Investors Property Management
P.O. Box 9193
Ft. Collins, CO, 80525
TO Q our Neighbors
FROM ¢ Casa Grande Condominium Residents
R^ Sa
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DATA ¢ January 1992
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Adult Condominiums
The Board of Directors and many of the residents of Casa Grime Condominiums
are concerned about the safety of the children of our neighbors. our complex
is composed mostly of older and/or retired persons. As we have no resident
children in our homes, we tend to forget that young children may be present
in our area. I4ost of our garages open DIRMTLY onto the driveways, and we
have had a few incidents of near accidents as someone backed out of a garage
just as a child on a bicycle rode by. We also had one situation of a young
child on a tricycle that was seen at the last minute by someone backing out
of a garage.
There is also a real safety problem when the youngsters ride or play on our
drives or interior sidewalks. -come of our residents are in wheelchairs, some
use walkers -and/or canes, and a child using the narrow sidewalks could be a
hazard to our residents or to the child involved.
We hope that you will understand that we are not anti -children (most of us
have grandchildren); however, we believe that our concerns are legitimate ones
and we earnestly solicit the help of the parents of our neighboring children.
Please request that your child not use our drives or interior sidewalks as a
matter of their safety and our privacy. Thank you for your consideration and
help in this matter.