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Home My WebLink AboutBIG HORN VILLAGE II - Filed GC-GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 2003-05-28Design Development Consultants DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE COLORADO COMMUNITY October 2. 2001 -- Bob Barkeen. City Planner City of Dort Collins 281 N. College Port Collins. Colorado :E?: h.cvisions to Site Plan and Landscape Plan and request for hearing date Dcar Bob Barkeen., s per ou: request to you and in consideration of th; revisions that are currently in the process of being mad-c- uc arz presenting to �on fof staff revkn« the enclosed plans and additional information for your t cN icty . Additionally, we atc requesting that staff allow this project to more forward with the Type 1 h'- a i ng date as soon as ros�,if Ic. We a ?cr t-Ind the responsibility- of final rcvisions and feel confident ili;It du; ing the Nlylar reyicti- period tha' all of stafT°s comments will be addressed. B-low k a list of the critical areas that have been addressed that will show that the plans are within the required 9 5`%, completion and final engineering drawings will folloNy shortly-. Itelu 1. The main entrance on to Park City has been adjusted and moved 3 feet to the north llcui ?. The Garages have been revised to be no greater than» feet in length as required by the City of Fort Collins land use code (luc). llcni 3. `The site plan revisions have beer made for proper notification of units, Height of units, and density. Itimi 4. 'Thai the city forester has inspected the site at,d mitigation plans require the upsi ping of 12 trees to -cal. In size. Item 5. That casements for the DOrth access to University Street for pedestrian. emergency access. utilities aru: l,ublic access shall be in place prior to final approval ofMvlars. It(;n) 6. That all offsite drainage easements shall be incorporated on the plat and engineering drawings prior to fi raal approval of Mylar s. Item 7. Landscape revisions as requested from advanced planning have been implemented and clarified to[ - We feel that the final review comments pertaining to this project can be met within the revision to N1 lar's. Please gi, e this considerable consideration in malting the requested hearing date. If you are in need of further inforination or have other questions please feel free to contact our office at your convenience. Thank you in advance for tatting this project forward. Sincerely, Design D&clopmejit Consultants 1 i I I Donald D.. Le(`ilcrll 2627 Rediyino Road Suite 3S0 Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 (970) 266-0585 Fax (970) 282-7123 Design Development Consultants DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE COLORADO COMMUNITY October 16, 2001 Bob Barkeen,'Planner City of Fort Collins Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 RE: Required offsite easements for Big Horn Village H proposed development. Dear Bob Barkeen, As requested by planning and staff and in response to the issue of offsite easements for pedestrian access, emergency access, and utility easement to University Avenue, we will have the final approved easement in place prior to final mylar approval and in time to file with the final plat. The legal documents are being prepared to be filed with the county. If you have any questions please contact our planner at your convenience. Thank you in advance `Walley Crest Homes Tom Crow 2627 Redwing Road Suite 350 Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 (970) 266-0585 Fax (970) 282-7123 FISCHER & FISCHER9iLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW 125 SOUTH HOWES, SUITE 900 GENE E. FISCHER, Pit POST OFFICE BOX 506 ERIK G. FISCHER, r.c FORT COLLINS. COLORADO LISA R. MARKS 80522-0506 November 2, 2001 Mr. Bob Barkeen City of Fort Collins Current Planning P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0506 RE: Big Horn Village - PDP File No. 15-01 Dear Mr. Barkeen: TOU31NONE (970) 482-4710 FACSIMILE (970) 482-4729 My wife and I own and reside at 1201 Westward Drive and I am a co-owner of 1205 Westward Drive. We will be unable to attend the scheduled Administrative Hearing. We recognize that the proposed project meets present zoning for the property. Our concernand that ofour entire neighborhood is the additional traffic on Westward Drive. So we request that the traffic pattern for the development be designed so that both incoming and outgoing traffic for this property be directed north to University or West Elizabeth, or preferably to the east to Shields Street . Westward Drive already has a high volume oftraffic with routine violators ofthe speed limit. The traffic people installed speed bumps on Springfield, and Westward Drive traffic almost immediately increased 25%. We assume this is an "unintended consequence". On behalf ofthe neighborhood, we requested the installation of speed bumps on Westward Drive but I did not get a favorable response. Consideration should be given to requiring the developer to provide signalization at University Avenue or for a new access for the project directly from Shields with signalization. Steps must be taken to minimize the traffic impact on Westward Drive. As a long-established subdivision, we submit that we are particularly entitled to have our concerns and the forthcoming problems addressed. :ur , ery truly ;ne E. Fischer GEF/j r Bob Barkeen - Big Horn Village Project Page 1 From: Beth Mitchell <bmitchel@engr.colostate.edu> To: FC'i .CFCPO(BBarkeen) Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2001 5:42 PM Subject: Big Horn Village Project 11 /9/01 Mr. Bob Barkeen Current Planning City of Fort Collins Dear Mr. Barkeen, I own a property on Westward Drive which adjoins the south boundary of the Big Horn Village project, but will be out of town when it is submitted for approval on the 14th of November. Please enter my previous emails as well as this, letter to the record for official review. I remain deeply concerned about the affect that this project, with 56 living units and some 112 persons (minimum) and their 112 vehicles, will have on the residential neighborhood which adjoins it. These single family, one story homes remain about 50% owner occupied, but this project could easily tip the balance and force more owner occupants to flee. It is sad that the "God of Infill" requires the sacrifice of these homes in order to deliver a satisfactory profit margin to the developers. A few easily addressed factors would be of immense help to the neighbors: -The fronts of these 2 story building are turned toward the houses. Please require sensitive lighting which will not glare out into the yards and bedrooms of these homes. No unshielded lighting should be allowed. -Please require more than adequate summer and winter visual screening by more plantings of pines and spruce trees along the south lot line. The second story balconies will look right into the backyards of the homes. These homes have very shallow yards, so the houses are only 30 ft or so from the lot line These plantings will help to damp the noise as well. -Noise pollution will be substantial: from inside the units, from cars stopping and starting, from radios, from voices. Please require that the 3 or 4 trash dumpsters which will serve the entire complex and per the drawings are located about 10-15 feet from the property line are as noiseless as possible. That might be accomplished by requiring that they have lids made of some sort of plastic fiber or other synthetic material rather than banging metal ones. We have been repeatedly assured that there will be no adverse drainage affect onto the lots of these homes, but this project has been handled by 3 separate engineers in Current Planning, and comments and recommendations may have been overlooked in the final review. Lastly, the addition of additional traffic to an already over extended local network will affect us substantially. The June 2001 drawings included access to University Avenue across the property directly north, but the current print, the one available this week, was ambiguous. Please assure that this access is secured. The corner of Elizabeth and Shields has been overburdened for many years and remedies are complicated and not soon to be made. The City Park/Elizabeth intersection cannot be expected to handle much more traffic. It is highly crowned and difficult manuevering now. Inflow and egress to this Bob Barkeen - Big Horn Village Project Page 2 project will likely bring much new traffic down Westward. The questions of speed bumps and restricted turning should be addressed now by the Transportation Dept. and solutions to high speed traffic found, not 12 months from now. Thank you for considering my views. I believe I speak for many of the other owners. Please help to preserve the character of a still -nice residential neighborhood. Sincerely, Beth Mitchell