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HomeMy WebLinkAbout912 WOOD ST. (PATEROS CREEK) - MOD - MOD120004 - REPORTS - CORRESPONDENCE-HEARING (20)r T- VVj ® LOMR-Fill Area. Now mapped in Moderate Risk Floodplain Hiah Risk ®FEMA Floodway - Area of 100-year floodplain with greatest depths and fastest velocities. FEMA Flood Fringe - May Include: - Areas of FEMA 100-year floodplain (FEMA Zones A, AE, AO, and AH) -Areas of City 100-year floodplain including ponding areas and sheet flow areas with average depths of 1-3 feet. There is a 1 % annual chance that these areas will be flooded. Moderate Risk May include: -Areas of FEMA 500-yearfloodplain (FEMA Zone X-shaded). -Areas of FEMA or City 100-year flood plain (sheet flow) with average depths of less than 1 foot. -Areas protected by levees from the 100-year flood. Low Risk Areas outside of FEMA and City mapped 100-year and 500-year floodplain. Local drainage problems may still exist. FEMA Flood Risk Map This information is based on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and the City of Fort Collins Master Drainageway Plans. This letter does not imply that the referenced property will or will not be free from Flooding or damage. A property not in the Special Flood Hazard Area or in a City Designated Floodplain may be damaged by a flood greater than that predicted on the map or from a local drainage problem not shown on the map. This map does not create liability on the part of the City, or any officer or employee thereof, for any damage that results from reliance on this infonnation. All floodplain boundaries are approximate. City of Fort Collins, i ` GIS wE o 50 100 200 ago 400 Feet S Printed: 05/16/2012 N Worksession Follow Up: Wood Street Annexation May 17, 2012 Page 2 o Staff response — From my discussions with the applicant, mineral rights were acquired with the property at the time of closing. Further, as the Urban -Estate Zone District allows gravel and resource extraction, zoning this property as U-E does not conflict with the state statute. However, a letter from a qualified consultant shall be provided by the applicant at the time of PDP submittal. • In staff s opinion, is there any greater health and safety risk, in this instance, between the LOMR-Fill process allowed by the County and the full LOMR process required by the City? o Staff response — Staff cannot assess the increased health and safety aspects because a full analysis has not been done. In 2010, City Council adopted a code provision prohibiting residential structures on LOMR-Fill areas. The lack of a full analysis of impacts is a key reason why Council adopted the provision. In addition to these responses, the applicant has provided a packet of additional information for the Board to consider at their Hearing. Next steps: Staff, including Floodplain Staff, will be present at Thursday's public hearing and will be able to answer any further questions the Board has. If staff has missed any of the comments or feedback provided at the Worksession, please let me know and I will update this memo to accurately reflect the Board's discussion. -2- r Hlq.IT Policy, Planning & T•sportat " titCommunity Development& Neig ort Colli nsrth College Avenue P.O.P. P.o. Box sao Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com MEMORANDUM DT: May 17, 2012 TO: Members of the Planning and Zoning Board TH: Laurie Kadrich, Interim Director of Community Development and Neighborhood Services FM: Lindsay Ex, Environmental Planner RE: Worksession Follow Up: Wood Street Annexation A brief presentation regarding the Wood Street Annexation was given to the Board at their May 11, 2012 Worksession. Staff outlined the petition for annexation as well as the concerns the public has expressed regarding the project. Board Members requested items from staff either prior to or during the May 17, 2012 Hearing. Staff is listing out the items we heard by Planning and Zoning Board Members and what actions we have been able to take thus far. Please provide a map of the location of the floodplain and where the fill, which was placed on the site via the LOMR-Fill process, is located — o Sta response — A FEMA flood risk map is attached to this memo; this map has been edited to include the location of the fill placed through the LOMR-Fill process. Determine whether there is any precedent for annexing properties that have used the LOMR-Fill process instead of the full LOMR process: o Staff response — From my discussions with Marsha Hilmes-Robinson, Floodplain Administrator, in her 15 years at the City, there is no other instance that she is aware of where a property has been annexed using the LOMR-Fill process. Further explanation can be provided, if needed, during the Hearing. Provide illustrations of what is proposed (by the applicant) to lessen any future flooding impacts, e.g., the berming proposed on the north side of the development. o Staffresponse — At this time, we do not have illustrations on this issue, but there will be an analysis and mitigation design required at the time of Project Development Plan submittal. Assess whether Sidehill Investments, Inc. (the applicant) has mineral rights on the property and whether or not there is any substantial commercial interest in mining the site.