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Home My WebLink AboutCIMARRON PLAZA PUD - Filed GC-GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 2003-07-07Cimarron Plaza Preliminary Plan I. Consistency with Land Use Policies Policy 3 - The City shall promote: a. Maximum utilization of land within the city; C. The development of an efficient mass transit system to serve all city residents, and expanded to serve all urban growth area residents, provided it is cost effective. Explanation - The site is strategically located at the south- west corner of Shields Street and Drake Road, within the central portion of the developed area of Fort Collins. A transit stop exists on Drake Road, directly across from the site. The proposed Business Service Use would make use of the transit system and in so doinc; improve the efficiency of the system. Policy 26 - Availability of existing services shall be used as a criteria in determining the location of higher intensity areas in the City. Explanation - The property is well served with water and sanitary sewer utilities; a transit stop is directly across the street on Drake Road. Policy 46 - Conservation of resources and energy shall be addressed by land use, site planning, and design criteria. Explanation - A service station at the proposed location would serve to reduce the number of vehicular trips to College Avenue and, therefore, conserve energy. Polic_y_63 - Neighborhood service centers should locate within walking distance of existing or planned residential areas. Explanation - While the proposed project is a Business Service Use, not a Neighborhood Service Center_ as per the Guidance System, the importance of being within walking distance of existing or planned residential areas should still. apply. The project is bordered on the west and south by the Cimarron West P.U.D., as yet undeveloped, and the developed Cimarron Square P.U.D. to the east. Policy 67 - Only neighborhood scale service centers will be allowed in residential neighborhoods. �1 n � ., .,_o . / .?�` �,,: '�`is• tar' "'"` �' ¢ , NFS 30 ic r r TT BUSINESS' , _ _ - - - _ - INE % SERVICE 8000, sf TJ' BUSINESS SERVICES 2 story 8000 st 2 story - s - tract B --- r PROF. ,.. RI �c l FEiC 4000 st t 2 story CIMARON WEST P.U.D. = , R P- ract _ ,�AttyTREE DRIVE f -v Cimarron Plaza P.U.D. Planning Objectives August 6, 1985 Located on the southwest corner of Shields Street and Drake Road, two arterial streets, south of Raintree Shopping Center, east of Cimarron West Apartments and west of Cimarron Apartments. Opposing the project to the northeast is the proposed Center for Advanced Technology, a mixed use business and research development. Cimarron Plaza P.U.D. is proposed to be a mixed use project containing approximately 34,000 square feet of neighborhood convenience shopping, a 4,000 square foot fast food restaurant and 12,000 square feet of office uses. Also included in the project will be a covered gas service service area. The project is located contiguous to a neighborhood shopping center, an emerging community/regional shopping center and industrial/business park that will employ significantly more than 100 employees. The corner of Shields Street and Drake Road will be well landscaped, providing a corner that will join the existing two developed corners to the north and east of the site in creating an open space node at this intersection. Buildings will be substantially set back from the intersection. The interior of the site will be delineated by a private, well landscaped, vehicular circula- tion drive that will be limited to 15 m.p.h., and provide internal access to three distinct zones of activity: 1. The north parking area containing a fast food restaurant with drive up window and an office complex. 2. The central parking area that will service the majority of the retail activities. 3. The south parking area serving a convenience retail store and related gas service area. The center will be low in scale, coordinated in character and materials and present a well landscaped appearance to adjacent development and rights -of - way. The materials will be primarily masonry, glass in metal frames and metal canopys. The roof equipment and trash areas will be screened from view of adjacent streets, and the lighting will be located to screen direct glare into adjacent residences. We would estimate that the center would employ or provide office space for 130 full time employees and 50 part time employees. Cimarron Plaza PUD Planning Objectives Page Two Fort Collins Land Use Policies will be achieved by the proposed Master Plan in several categories: 3a Maximum utilization of land within City 3b Alternative transportation modes 3d Location of residential development close to employment, shopping 14 Urban development standards 15 Consistency with urban development policies 19 Impact assessment system 20 Interelationships between land uses 21 Access to South College Ave. 22 Contiguous development 23-30 Services 49 Minimize use of private automobiles 50 Mass transit used as a tool 63 Location of neighborhood center 64 Pedestrian and bike access 65 Services to neighborhood center 66 Located at intersection of collector and arterial street 67 Neighborhood scale retail in residential areas The project will contain three phases within a five (5) year time frame. The initial phase will be 34,000 square feet of retail, the second phase will be 4,000 square feet of fast food restaurant and the third phase will be 12,000 square feet of office space. The plananing objectives of this project can be summarized as the intro- duction or a mixed use project located adjacent to a neighborhood shopping center and at the center of an emerging community/regional shopping area, well scaled for its location and considerate of the existing urban fabric of the city. CITY OF FORT COLLINS PARKS & RECREATION TO: Joe Frank, Acting Planning Director FROM: Virgil Taylor, Superintendent of Parks i ✓ DATE: October 17, 1985 RE: Drake & Shields Medians at Cimarron Plaza The Parks Department would like to see the following three items addressed in reference 'to comments made by Tim Buchanan with regards to the two landscape medians referred to above: 1. Splash blocks should be exposed aggregate for ease of cleaning. 2. The lawn area should be flat or slightly crowned in the middle. 3. The street oversizing fund should pick up the cost of maintenance for a two-year period to be undertaken by the developer or the installing contractor. The City would then assume responsiblity after that time. If you have any questions, please contact me at Ext. 6660. sr PARKS PLANNIN_ OPEN SPACE 1 i : Bryan o Fort Collins, Coiorado 80521 • (303)221-6660 RINC Engineering Consultants October 21, 1985 Mr. Tom Gathmann City of Fort Collins P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 RE: CIMARRON PLAZA P.U.D. ADDENDUM TO FINAL DRAINAGE REPORT Dear Tom: This letter is in response to your concerns regarding the temporary detention phasing on the Cimarron Plaza P.U.D. The proposed temporary detention effects only the northeast parking area, ;which is clarified on the construction plans. In this area the parking will be graded and left at the subgrade elevation, with the area inlet adjusted to the temporary grade. This area will be sodded or seeded to prevent erosion. In the final phase the area will be paved and the inlet grate elevation adjusted to meet the final design elevation. I trust this clarifies the design approach taken. Very truly yours, RBD, Inc. Stan A. Myers, P.E. 7Z�� RINC Engineering Consultants 2900 South College A-Y,enue Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 303/226-4955 May 6, 1988 Mr. Bob Smith City of Fort Collins Storm Water Utility P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 RE: CIMARRON PLAZA P.U.D. FINAL DRAINAGE REPORT REVISIONS Dear Bob: Based upon some revisions to the Building E location in the Cimarron Plaza P.U.D. we have evaluated the impact on the original drainage report dated September 5, 1985. The changes are within Basin A which has a detention volume of 35953 cubic feet and a release rate Qf 1.08 cfs. The site plan changes will not have any, appreciable impact on the drainage/detention system as outlined in the original drainage report. If you have any questions on this project, please contact us. Sincerely, RBD, %c. Ted A. Borstad, P.E. %I ��,�x.tc� _I��CJcF�-�/� "7? ..,/c� 1�:c�*?1'� ��,/��•tiL /"�,�....1�4i..;�t. , ZL i/` %fin` � ��i � ��ti� �.�1��•�'G' .f.C�� G� /.�L c"�/`�l„'�z.f : i`�7f�ET�rf GL c L Ti /W1" Other Offices: Vail, Colorado 303/476-6340 • Colorado Springs, Colorado 303/574-3504 RINC Engineering Consultants 2900 South College Avenue Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 (303) 226-4955 February 8, 1990 Mr. Glen Schlueter Storm Drainage Department City of Fort Collins P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 RE: CIMMARRON PLAZA P.U.D. - DRIVE THRU ALONG GIANT VIDEO Dear Glen, 7 As per your request, further investigation into the stormwater analysis of the addition of the Giant Video drive thru has been completed. In our preliminary calculations between the !--test drainage and ,f grading; drawing and the original drawing (used for the Drainage �ry report), an approximate three present (3%) increase in impervious f area WeLS calculated. Further analysis of the hydrologic effects \ t!�^Y �, of the increase in impervious area was compared to results in the �N i drainage report. Assuming that the basin characteristics were the same, except for the runoff coefficient "C" - 0.85 for the ( �y� origin-- analysis an �J.875 for the latest analysis (a 3% I u� increase) and using the computer method, approved by the City to,) �} .r computE: the runoff and storage volume required, the results U presented no changes, as shown in the table below and in the at - A - t hed calculation sheets. Subbasin A � [ Percent Peak Historic Required Area Impervious Runoff Detention iginal Report 3.82 ac 0.85 1.08 cfs 32,953 cf" Current. Calcs. 3.82 ac 0.875 1.08 cfs 32,953 cf}. " assuming same basin charact . City criteria is to use for this type of land l development, however, we increased this value to see the affect. Other Offices: �Cr�76 6346 : ora o pring o orad 598-4107 • Long ont, Colorado (363) 678-9584 In concluding, the addition of the drive thru and revisions up to now have not increased the runoff or storage volume from the original drainage report analyses. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact me or Tom Ochwat. Very truly yours, RBD, Inc. Ted Borstad P.E. Project Manager AOIN Tom Ochwat Project Engineer enc. cc: Fred Croci, Arrowstone w/enc HPDesk Local Print for Virgil TAYLOR Start of Item 9. Message. Dated: 08/17/94 at 1025. Subiect: Medians Sender: Linda GULA / CFC/01 Contents: 2. TO: Virgil TAYLOR / CFC52/01 Part 1. TO: DISTRIBUTION Part 2. Chris Kneeland has concerns about the medians at Drake and Shields. Thev are in bad sbaoe and have been for Quite some time. There are lots of weeds and thev have not been mowed. What is the Citv's responsibility? Also, it seems like median maintenance is not consistent around Fort Collins. Some medians are much better maintained than others. Whv is that? Please send a resoonse to "auestions.1' Thanks. la End of Item 9. page 2 Explanation - Although at the intersection of two arterial streets, the proposed commercial use is ,Jithin a residential area and has been designed to assure design and land use compatibility. II. Ownersh_p Intentions The principle user on this approximately 5.6 acre site will be a Royal Service Station. The property is presently under contract for purchase by a partnership intending to construct the Station. Approximately the north half of the property is all the land area required for the Station. At present, the partnership has no :intentions of developing any uses within the P.U.D. other than the Station. The area containing a *proposed 4,000 s.f. office building is presently part of the Cimarron West P.U.D. owned by T.D. Murphy. Mr. Murphy and the architect representatives for the partnership have thoroughly discussed the subject. P.U.D., its design relationships with Cimarron West, and the eventual land exchanges that will occur upon City approval of the Cimarron Plaza P.U.D. Preliminary Plan. Mr. Murphy is in general agreement with the plan as ?proposed. fie concurs with the inclusion of a portion of his property into the P.U.D. and its office land use. Upon City approval of this P.U.D., Mr. Murphy intends to undertake an amendment to the approved Cimarron West P.U.D. Final Plan which shall be submitted to the City concurrent with the Final Plan for the Cimarron Plaza P.U.D.. The Final Plan for this later P.U.D. will most likely include only the north portion of the property containing the Service Station use. Should the partnership sell the central portion of the P.U.D. containing the three Business Service uses, then that area would be submitted along with the sinc;le-building location on the Murphy property as a Final Plan. Should the owner of this single -building area wish to deve.lon prior to t-he central area and should the owner of the central_ area not: wish to participate in a Final Plan, then the single -building area might. comprise a Final Plan submission in itself. In either case the unity of the P.U.D. and tie phasing of improvements would meet City standards and requirements. No public open space is included in the P.U.D.. Private open spaces areas in the Service Station First Phase would be maintained by the property owner. Should individual_ building envelopes be sold in the central_ portion phase, then a building owners association would be established to own these private, common areas and to assure their maintenance. FROM: Vira:i ' TAYLOR / CFC52 /01 TO: DISTR � JTA JN Part 2. Council member h:necland still has a auestions reaardina the raaaed loodina medians at the corner of Shield,"`rake. Answer: talked to Rich Kopp of streets dent. this mornina and he is aoina to con- tract with an outside aaencv to mow the medians and bill the owner at Cimarron plaza. This is a short term solution but mavbe it will get the owners attention. It some one in Plannina or Enaineerina has a lona term solution about how this can be solved without the city just taking over the resvonsibi.lity for these medians, for this private development, we are open to suaaestions. Thanks, Virail End of Item 23. Intrav > Send Read Print Reply 305 10 Delete Coov Suspend Other Message Next IT IT N S IT IT Areas (�'y cat P'4g2 (4 l X1 cam% , c C "A+V �`'`'L' k"' 41frx Fw� HPDesk Local Print for Gary DIEDE Start of Item 51. Message. Dated: 09/26/94 at 1754. Subject: Medians Sender: Paul ECKMAN / CFC/01 Contents: 6. TO: Gary DIEDE / CFC52/01 Part 1. TO: Gary DIEDE / CFC52/01 Part 2. Gary, I think I talked to you about this medians issue. were you going to check with Mike H.and get back to me? I forgot how we left this, but I do need to report to Steve. Do you have anything for me? See the attached thing from Steve/Virg Taylor. Thanks. Paul. Part 3. TO: Paul ECKMAN / CFC/01 Part 4. Paul, more on the median issue... If the situation is that the City owns the medians, but some private party, as a condition of development approval, has agreed to maintain them, don't we have a mechanism for enforcing that obligation? Part 5. FROM: Virgil TAYLOR / CFC52/01 TO: DISTRIBUTION Part 6. Council member Kneeland still has a questions regarding the ragged looding medians at the corner of Shields/Drake. Answer: I talked to Rich Kopp of streets dept. this morning and he is going to con- tract with an outside agency to mow the medians and bill the owner at Cimarron plaza. This is a short term solution but maybe it will get the owners attention. If some one in Planning or Engineering has a long term solution about how this can be solved without the city just taking over the responsibility for these medians, for this private development, we are open to suggestions. Thanks, Virgil End of Item 51. page 3 III. Estimate of Number of Employees The Service Station will require not more than 2 employees. Assuming that one of the three 8,000 s.f. buildings in the center area is a restaurant, one retail, and one office along with the 4,000 s.f. building closest to Raintree Drive, then the P.U.D. would generate from 65 to 80 employees. IIowever, the applicant is not committing to this mix of uses but only projecting this for illustrative purposes. IV. Rationale Behind Assumptions and Choices The site design for Cimarron Plaza was largely determined by the following factors: A. The principle user is the Royal Service Station, which includes self-service gas pumps and a small_ neighborhood convenience retail area. The Station requires corner visibility and direct access. B. The remainder of the property, less the one -building location closest to Raintree Drive, lies between the intending Station location and the Cimarron West: P.TJ.D.. It was logical to include the land comprising this one --building location, currently part of the Cimarron West P.U.D. , as part of the Cimarron plaza P . ti . D . , in that an access point to the corner will he, Raintree Drive and a land use change from residential to commercial would provide a better land use transition. C. In order to promote better land use efficiency and good exposure from Shields Street, the two central bui-Idings are clustered around a patio area. D. Major attention needed to be given to buffering the commercial uses from the intersection and neighborinq proposed and existing residential uses. E. Access will be from Raintree Drive, approved but not. installed along Shields Street, and from the intro- duction of a new curbcut wi.tha dividing landscaped island along Drake Road. V. Avoiding Land Use Conflicts A. Extensive birming is proposed along Shields Street and Drake Road in order to soften the visual impact of commercial uses at the intersection and to encourage greater compatibility with neighboring uses. B. A 6 ft. high wooden fence provides a buffer between the west and southwest edges of the project_ and the Cimarron West P.U.D.. This buffering is accompanied by an additional landscape area on the Cimarron West. page 4 C. The interior of the site plan design includes hir_ming, virtical landscape areas, and a patterned pavement plaza and walkway connections between buildings. IV. Reducing Energy Consumption Other than the Service Station, the remaining four Business Service Use buildings will. be designed with energy use reducing mechanical systems and construction techniques. The roof designs will include the option for hot water solar heating. Birms and landscaping on tho north and east sides of the project will reduce wind .impacts. Cimarron Plaza P.U.D. Preliminary Plan Affected Property Owners Within 500 ft. First Free Methodist Church/The 1516 W . Prospect Ft. Collins, CO. 80521 Colorado State Research Foundation Colorado State University Ft. Collins, CO. ATTN: Cindy Hansen Murphy, Thomas D., III 1833 Ramsgate Ct. Ft. Collins, CO. 80524 Aryan Land & Development Corp. 344 E. Foothills Pkwy, #7E Ft. Collins, CO. 80525 Sharf, Stephen A./Jerrice A. 931 Driftwood Dr. Ft. Collins, CO. 80525 Kost, Robert A./Laurel L. 1030 Davidson Dr., #H Ft. Collins, CO. 80525 Great Plains - Slawson Ventures PO Box 18387 Wichita, KS,. 67218 Murphy, T.D. Constr. Co., -Inc. (1/2 Int.) 3000 S. College Ave. Ft. Collins,, CO. 80525 (; l I Y Of I(WI (,O[I INS ENGINEERING DIVISION September 17, 1981 P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 JCR Engineering 211 West 14yrtle Fort Collins, Colorado Attn: Joe Roesser Dear Joe: Ph(303) 484-4220 Ext. 728 dnnn --R45 d1l Re: Drake and Shields Project Construction of the Drake and Shields intersection has begun and is progressing ,according to the schedule I gave you during our meeting of Auqust 27, 1981. As we discussed at that meeting, the sewer service line that you are proposing for the development on the southwest corner of the intersection will have to be installed, by the developer, prior to the paving of Drake Road. If the installation can not be coordinated with the City's Drake and Shields Project, the sewer service will not be allowed in any location which would require cutting the new full depth asphalt. As I discussed with you on September 10, 1981 at the project site, September 18, 1981 may be the latest possible date for the installation of that sewer line. If you are still planning to install the sewer service, give me a call and we will try and coordinate the installation with the project construction. Respectfully, Mark E. Sears Project Manager Engineering Services ( IIy OI t ORI (()t I INS P.O. Box 580,, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 Ph1303�484 4220 Ext. 728 ENGINEERING DIVISION October 19, 1981 Mr. Joe Roesser, P.E. J.C.R. Engineering 211 West Myrtle Fort Collins, Colorado Re: Cimarron Plaza P.U.D. Preliminary Dear Joe: I wish to confirm our telephone conversations of Thursday and Friday of last week: concerning water and sewer services to the proposed preliminary P.U.D. After field verification of the location of water and sewer mains in Drake Road, it was determined by our Water & Sewer Department, that they would be unable to make taps and extend service lines to your client's property prior to the installation of paving operations of Drake Road adjacent to the property. You are advised, therefore, that water and sewer service for the property must be acquired from easements within the adjoining property to the south or west as we cannot allow new paving of this magnitude to be cut. We appreciate your efforts in trying to accomplish these taps prior to the paving operation. Sincerely, F Maurice E. Rupel, P.E. & L.S. Assistant City Engineer - Development cc: Joe Frank, Senior Planner Webb Jones, Water & Sewer Engineer John Dengler, Gefroh & Associates CITY OF FORT COLLINS PLANI,TING DEPARTM1= P. 0. BOX 580 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80522 ATTN: JOSEPH FRANK SENIOR PLANNER PROJECT N• DEAR JOE: Gni GUROH ASSO(IAM1W,- ARCH ITECTS/PLAN N ERS 555 Howes Street Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO 80521 (303) 493-1080 RECc IVED DEC 1-1 1981 Planning Department PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED AN A=TATED PRINT OF CIMARRON PLAZA P.U.D. FINAL SITE PLAN, WHICH DESCRIBES THOSE "AREAS" WHICH ARE OF COMMON CONCERN TO THE DEVELOPERS OF CIMARRON PLAZA P.U.D. (BLUE 10') AND THE ADJOINING CIMA UM WEST P.U.D. (T . D . MURPHY CONSTRUCTION CO.). THIS LETTER DESCR THE BASIS FOR AGRE=?TS BETWEEN THE DEVELOPERS, AS • • AREA 1: LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING ALONG S.W. PROPERTY I =, WHICH IS COMMON WITH CIMARRON WEST P.U.D. THESE TC) BE INSTALLED AT THE TIME OF CIA'1/1RRON WEST DEVELOPMENT. THUS, IF CIMARRON WEST P.U.D. IS ALREADY IN DEVELOPMENT', THEN THE DEVELOPER OF CIMARRON PLAZA P.U.D. WILL CARRY OUT AREA 1, AS SOON AS THEY START DEVELOP14MT ON ANY OF THEIR TRACTS A, B OR C. AND, CONVERSELY, IF CD,12� VEST P.U.D. IS NOT INSTALLED WHEN CIMARRON PLAZA P.U.D. DEVELOPS, THEN AREA 1 WILL NOT NEED TO BE CARRIED OUT (BY BLUE '01) UNTIL CIMARRON WEST P.U.D. STAINS DEVELOPMENT. •- -� i•-,• � �� it ■ • -• r •� r• THESE WILL BE ON A 50/50 BASIS BETWEEN THE DEVELOPERS OF CIMAR— RON WEST P.U.D. AND C12,9U ON PLAZA P.U.D. WHICHEVER DEVELOPER CARRIES OUT THE WORK IN AREA 2, THE OTHER DEVELOPER WILL PAY BACK 50% COSTS TO HIM AT THE TIME HE PAS WITH HIS DEVELOP— MENT. ..� •art i• •,• • i� • r 5 r. • S • 1501 • v • rr- • THIS W-LLL BE ON A "PAYBACK SYSTEM". THUS, IF DEVELOPERS OF CIIvFRR0N PLAZA P.U.D. CARRY OUT THAT PORTION OF AREA 3, CONTI— CITY OF FORT COLLINS DECEMBER 10, 1981 ATTN : JOSEPH FRANK PACE TWO SENIOR PLANNER GUC)US TO TRACT B, THEY WILL AISO HAVE TO INSTALL THAT PORTION CONTIGUOUS TO TRACT C, AND RECEIVE A PAYBACK FOR THE COST, FROM THE DEVELOPER OF CIl N WEST P . U. D . WHEN DEVELOPMENT OF Cr nR- RON WEST PROCEEDS . AND, CONVERSELY THE DEVELOPERS OF CIlMAE�- RON WEST P.U.D. CARRY OUT THAT PORTION OF AREA 3, CONTIGUOUS TO TRACT C, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TO INSTALL THAT PORTION CONTIGUOUS TO TRACT B, AND RECEIVE A PAYBACK FOR THE COST FROM THE DEVELOP- ERS OF CIMARRON PLAZA P.U.D. WHEN THEY PROCEED WITH DEVELOPMENT. AREA 4: STREET IMPRO�NTS AND UTILITIESS DEVEI(JP:ER OF CIlA,RRON PLAZA P.U.D. AGREE TO TAKE FULL RESPONSI- BILITY FOR STREET IMPRoVVEMEgrS AND UTILITIES IN AREA 4. IN THE EVENT DEVELOPER OF CIMARRON WEST P.U.D. INSTALS THESE ITEMS IN THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF CIl-V� WEST, DEVELOPER OF CIMARRON PLAZA WILL REPAY THESE COSTS IMMEDIATELY. YOURS SINCERELY, i 'mace