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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEVERGREEN PARK THE TOY SHED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY PDP - 50 91F - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEWNextel Communications 4643 So. Ulster Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80237 303 714-8200 FAX 303 714-8504 NEXTEL July 27, 2000 City of Ft. Collins Current Planing Department 281 N. College Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 RE: Attached copy of Concept Review letter from Ted Shepard and explanations of how the issues have been addressed for a proposed Nextel wireless telecommunications facility to be located at 1314 Red Cedar Circle, Ft. Collins, CO 80524 (Josh Ames). Comment #• 1. Existing electrical power is adequate at this site. 2. Nextel has a lease here and has the proper access easements to access the proposed site. 3. This site will require a 12' X 22' sq. ft. concrete pad for the equipment shelter and an approximately 5' X 5' footprint for the monopole foundation. Total improvements equal 289 sq. ft. (less than 350 sq. ft.). 4. Site Plan has a reference on it, for Stormwater purposes, that it is located in Grid #8E. 5. Photosims are included in the submittal package. 6. Applicant is requesting approval through the Administrative (Type One) review process. 7. This facility will have a 6-foot high, cedar fence completely surrounding it (40' X 40'). 8. Subsequent to the Concept Review letter being written by Ted Shepard, the owners of the property have brought the original, approved (by the City of Ft. Collins) landscaping plan into compliance (as of 7/12/00). This completed landscaping (There are 81 plants and trees planted here, 9 of which are dead or dying. The dead and dying plants will be replaced with identical, live, plants.) which is on the north and which is on the north and west sides of the property, coupled with the existing perimeter fence on the north and west sides of the property, and the proposed fence enclosing the facility itself, should provide more than adequate screening from the north and west views. Views from the east and south will be screened by an existing building, a covered parking structure, and the recreational vehicles stored thereunder and the proposed fence surrounding the Nextel facility. Nextel would ask Current Planning to consider that this proposed wireless telecommunications facility is adequately screened, as proposed, and waive any requirement to upgrade the existing landscaping. 9. This monopole will be painted a tan or medium brown (or any other color) as Current Planning directs. 10. Required Setbacks, for the monopole, from the east and west lot lines are satisfied (one foot of setback for each foot of height, from the City of Ft. Collins Land Use Code, Division 3.8, Section 3.8.13 (C)(1)). The required Setbacks from the north and south are not satisfied, however a Stamped letter from a Colorado licensed PE stating that this monopole is engineered to avoid structural failure, is a part of this Application (and is required in order to waive the required setback). 11. This monopole is designed for collocation and is capable of carrying additional antennas (for expansion or a competitor). 12. The site is designed at 80 feet AGL (Above Ground Level) in order to assure that there is adequate "overlap" (in signal coverage) between this site and the adjacent Nextel sites that this site communicates with. The overlap is needed in order to assure that coverage and capacity concerns are met in the normal operation of the system and especially if one of the sites in the system fails for any reason (the overlap from adjacent sites picks up the traffic from the failed site). At lower heights system coverage and capacity are compromised and the need for more sites becomes greater. Also, at a total height of 80 feet AGL another carrier could mount their antennas on the monopole at 65 or 70 feet and still meet their own system requirements. If the monopole was built at mower height, say at 60 feet, it may be more -difficult -for another carrier to meet their system requirements below that height, possibly compromising the collocatable function of this monopole. 13. Nextel believes that a "mimic" structure for this facility is not feasible in this area because there is really nothing to mimic here. A grain bin, silo, elevator, water tower, clock tower or bell tower would be out of place in this area. Any of these structures would also present a larger profile (making it more visible rather than less visible to the public at large) than the proposed monopole. There is nothing that really stands out here except utility poles and street light structures. Nextel believes the best methods of mitigating the visual impacts of this proposed monopole are twofold. First, the proposed monopole will be painted a tan or light -to - medium brown color. Discussions with Ted Shepard have resulted in these color options. However, Nextel is prepared to paint the monopole any color that Current .%k Planning directs. Secondly, the antennas themselves will be individually enclosed by cylindrical, fiberglass casings. These casings will be painted to match the color of the monopole. The overall effect of this process will be a monopole, located in an Industrially zoned area, that resembles a taller -than -average light pole. Thank you for your consideration. Please call with any questions or comments. 4teroo6esE"' Wireless Facilities Inc., for Nextel 210 University Blvd. Ste.B12 Denver, CO 80206 303-407-8944 303-994-2449 (Cell) 303-407-8949 (FAX)