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Home My WebLink AboutUNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ASPEN STATON - 34 91 - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING0 City of Fort Collins Develop. nt Services Planning Department NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING MINUTES PROJECT: U.S. Postal Service Facility LOCATION: Southeast Corner of J.F.K. Parkway and Boardwalk Drive DATE: April 3, 1991 REPRESENTATIVES: Joel Roitenberg, Bob MacGill, Jim McMullen CITY PLANNER: Ted Shepard QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS 1. When will construction begin? RESPONSE: Construction will begin in the summer of this year. There is a 12 month construction schedule. The facility should be open in the summer of 1992. 2. What about the semi trucks that come up from Denver at all hours of the night? Where will the loading dock be and will the trucks use Boardwalk Drive? RESPONSE: The trucks from Denver will access the site from College Avenue. Trucks entering the site will use College to Troutman to J.F.K. to make a right turn into the west side of the site. Trucks exiting will make a right turn on J.F.K. (northbound) to Boardwalk (westbound) to access College Avenue. The loading dock faces south and is, screened from the neighborhood by the building. 3. What about construction traffic? When Phar-Mor was built, the construction traffic was a real nuisance. RESPONSE: As part of the construction bidding process, the Postal Service can specify the routing of construction traffic. This can be controlled as part of the contract. Construction entrances to the project can be strictly controlled. 4. Will the facility be fenced? If so, what kind of fencing material will there be? RESPONSE: Yes, the facility will be fenced with a vinyl clad chainlink fence. At the top of the fence, there will be strands of barbed wire for security purposes. 5. Barbed wire seems unnecessary for Fort Collins. It is likely 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 to be unattractive. Is it really necessary? What are you trying to protect? The downtown facility does not have barbed wire. RESPONSE: All new facilities are protected by barbed wire. There are security needs for vehicles, equipment, stamp stock, and the general mail. The downtown facility is not owned by the Postal Service but by General Services Administration. 6. Will there be fueling of vehicles on the site? RESPONSE: No, but there will be a minor vehicle repair shop that will do oil changes, tune ups, and minor tire repair. 7. The Zoning mix is inappropriate. The facility should not be located next to a residential area. This is more of a commercial use which should be kept away from the neighborhood. 8. If the project were developed as a Planned Unit Development, then it would have to be made compatible with the surrounding area through buffering, design and landscaping. The Land Development Guidance System basically allows mixed use developments with the important caveat that there is upgraded design. The Postal Service should be aware that the design could be strengthened to provide more neighoborhood compatibility as would normally be expected under as a P.U.D. 9. The views from High Point will be negatively impacted by this project. In particular, the proposed fencing is offensive. 10. The east elevation needs more landscaping to. mitigate the fence, loading area, and screen walls. il. This facility should be located over on Harmony Road with Pace and Steele's Market. It could serve the business customers more efficiently at that location. 12. Why was this particular location selected? Who selected this site? ----- RESPONSE: The was selected because it is a central location for the two southerly zip codes in Fort Collins. The Postal Service did not want to have customers, carriers, and trucks to have direct access onto heavily traveled arterials like College and Harmony. A corner site is considered advantageous so customer traffic can be isolated from carriers and trucks. There is projected residential growth in southeast Fort Collins which will be served by this facility. The site was selected by a committee of Postal Service employees representing facilities, architecture, and operations. 13. Will a traffic impact analysis be conducted? RESPONSE: No, the U.S.P.S. does not do these kinds of studies. 14. What kind of lighting will there be in the parking lot? L' RESPONSE: The parking lot will be illuminated by down directional fixtures mounted on 25 to 30 foot high poles. In addition, there will be "wall packs" mounted on the south elevation to light the loading area. 15. The Postal Service should be aware that there is bentonite in the soils. Are you planning to excavate and improve the poor soil conditions? RESPONSE: We are aware of the soil conditions. The area of the building will be excavated and improved but the balance of the site will not be improved with fill. 16. The wind blows from west to east. The neighborhood is downwind of the site. Unless precautions are taken, construction will cause a lot of dust in our neighborhood. 17. Why isn't there access taken off Troutman? RESPONSE: Access off Troutman would require building a bridge over the irrigation lateral. The Postal Service does not own frontage on Troutman. 18. Berms on the east side will help with buffering the neighborhood. Some of the landscaping on J.F.K. should be shifted over to the east if more plant material cannot be added. 19. Traffic on Boardwalk Drive and Landings Drive will have a negative impact on our neighborhood. Landings Drive in particular will have problems since it serves as the de -facto north -south arterial for the residential areas north of Horsetooth Road. Also, Landings and Boardwalk Drive are substandard and have a series of dips and bumps which are a traffic hazard. 20. J.F.K should be extended to the north to connect with Horsetooth. This connection is critical. The City should not wait growth to occur for this connection to be made. It is needed now and should be built now. 21. What will happen to the access points after J.F.K. is extended to the north? Will traffic be routed so Landings Drive is not made so attractive? RESPONSE: There are discussions with the City about an agreement that when J.F.K. is extended north to Horsetooth, there will be a jointly funded traffic impact analysis to re-examine the site and the traffic patterns. It is too early to predict what the outcome of this analysis will be. Much depends on the kind of development that will occur on an extended J.F.K. We are all aware that J.F.K., as an arterial street, is designed to carry heavier traffic volumes than either Boardwalk or Landings. However, the Boardwalk connection is needed now to serve the residential customers, and to keep the customers and carriers segregated. 22. The neighborhood realizes that the U.S.P.S. is exempt from our local zoning control. It is also assumed that the U.S.P.S. is under a strict budget that will not likely increase. These realities are recognized. The neighborhood would like to put the City on notice that there remains a responsibility to take steps to preserve the quality of the neighborhood. These include monitoring construction traffic, enforcing safe construction practices that minimize blowing dust and debris, and, most importantly, making sure that the vacant land to the east of the building develops as residential and not commercial. This vacant parcel is the "buffer" from commercial land uses that are creeping over from College Avenue. PROJECT: &S• `f S• S K• r BQRIE'AI. LK TYPE OF MEETING: NE161f44A LWO =,j P0jt JgTionl DATE: DID You AEr-ErvE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION Do NAME YES/NO ARe You RN vot ADDRESS OWNER REI � a Aow r N (, nn V �� S r✓l-� a C°y✓c i I 5 I�{i -kJff 3737 kAAinmjs N2 Lez S� 4? 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