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Home My WebLink AboutUS 287 - SH 14 ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN - Filed STR-STREETS - 2010-06-173/23/2010 Original copy of the Amendment to the US 287 / SH 14 Access Management Plan which amends the Long Range Access for the section of US 287 between Willox Lane and the Larimer and Weld Canal. Transportation Planning also has an original copy in their files. No Text No Text City Of 01%� F6rt Collins /`O,� Memo Date: January28, 2010 To: Darin Atteberry, City Manager off- �M� SJ _ ve-� Thru: Diane Jones, Deputy City Manager Jeff Scheick, Director or Planning, Development, and Transportation IN Helen Migchelbrink, City Engineer/'' Rick Richter, Capital Projects Manager From: Matt Baker, Street Oversizing Program Manager itf-fil Kyle Lambrecht, Civil Engineer 4 L RE: CollegeNVillox Roadway Improvements Project Amendment of the US 287/SH 14 Access Management Plan/Project Update Attached for your signature is an amendment to the US 287/SH 14 Access Management Plan for North College Avenue, from Willox Lane to the northern City limits. The Access Management Plan must be amended to accurately reflect the improvements to North College Avenue planned for the North College Marketplace development. In order to enact this amendment, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Larimer County, and the City of Fort Collins must sign the access amendment documentation. To date, both CDOT and Larimer County have reviewed and signed the access amendment documentation. To complete this amendment, the City of Fort Collins must also sign. Staff has reviewed the attached access amendment documents and recommends that these documents be authorized through signature. Staff has worked with CDOT and the City's Development Review Engineering group to locate and consolidate accesses as necessary along North College Avenue between Willox Lane and the northern City limits. Along with the updated access locations, a parallel roadway system within the development was established, meeting the long term goals of CDOT's US 287/SH 14 Access Management Plan. The access management plan must be amended to correctly reflect these improvements. With CDOT, Larimer County, and the City of Fort Collins comfortable with the access locations and the long-term parallel roadway system within the Marketplace Development, an access plan amendment was developed. Please see the attached documentation regarding this updated plan. Construction of the North College Marketplace site is underway, and the College/Willox Roadway Improvements project team is also preparing for construction activities in this area. It is anticipated that roadway construction will begin in spring of 2010 and will be completed in 1/28/10 Memo: College/Willox Roadway Improvements Project the fall. This is an important project, both serving as the first roadway project for the City's Urban Renewal Authority (URA) and acting as the City's northern gateway along College Avenue. The project design has been through a collaborative effort of several City departments, the URA, CDOT, the North Fort Collins Business Association (NFCBA), adjacent property owners, and the developer of the North College Marketplace, with the Engineering Department serving as the lead. The roadway engineering design transitioned to the Engineering Department from the North College Marketplace developer with approximately half of the roadway plans developed. From this point forward, the project team finalized the roadway engineering design, developed project specifications, a cost estimate, and a unique urban design element for the North College corridor. Each step of the design process involved all the various interests and a consensus was reached for the urban design elements within this project. The NFCBA has expressed its interest in the planned median design of College/Willox be incorporated into the North College Phase II project when these can be constructed. With the design phase of the project concluding, staff is excited to bid and construct this important project. Not only will this project address vehicle and multimodal safety issues along this section of North College, but it will also add a unique identity to the North College corridor; one that can be continued in future projects south of these planned improvements. Although this will be a difficult project, impacting both the travelling public and existing businesses in the area for several months, the final product will create a safe and aesthetic roadway that will set the standard for the area. -2- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGION 4 TRAFFIC 1420 Second Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 (970)350-2148 (970) 350-2198 fax November 13, 2009 To Whom It May Concern: US 287/SH 14 AMP Fort Collins Attached is the final version of the amendment(s) for the US 287/SH 14 Access Management Plan which amend the Long Range Access for the section of US287 between Willox Lane and Larimer and Weld Canal. Your signature below signifies approval of the proposed amendment(s). The Colorado Department of Transportation appreciates your cooperation and involvement in the amendment process. City of Fort Collins Date La er County Date #o1or Department of Transportation Dane Sincerely, Gloria Hice-Idler Permit Manager (970) 350-2148 xc: ACP Plan file INTSRWEST CONSULTING GROUP July 17, 2009 Ms. Gloria Hice-Idler CDOT Region 4 1420 2°d Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 Ms. Sheri Langenberger 281 North College Fort Collins, Colorado 80522-0580 RE: College and Willox Improvements Project — Access Plan Amendment Dear Gloria and Sheri, We have prepared the attached documents for your review as they relate to access between Willox and the Larimer and Weld Canal on College Avenue (US 287). These have been prepared based on our meeting on July 1, 2009. Following is a description of the attachments: 1. A summary table of the existing accesses on the corridor and how the existing accesses will be changed with the project. The tables also include a listing of the access locations, widths and types after project construction. Addresses from the Larimer County Assessor are included for your use. 2. Language amending the IGA between CDOT, the City and Larimer County. Please note that the IGA does not discuss the connecting parallel roadway to Spaulding, that language is only in the Access Management Report. 3. Language amending the Access Management Report. 4. Amended Figures 3-18 and 3-19 (Long -Range Access Control Plan — North College Avenue). These revised figures would need to be in both the IGA and the Report. 5. A plan showing the project improvements related to access. This is basically the "interim" condition created with the project that is more than the Short -Range Plan and less than the Long Range Plan. Please review and let me know if you have any questions or comments. I would like to go through these documents with Gloria the next time she is in Fort Collins if possible. Sincerely, mt'-�ai 6at-11, Michael Oberlander, PE, LEED AP Project Manager 1218 W. ASH, SUITE C, WINDSOR, COLORADO 80550 TEL. 970.674.3300 - FAX 970.674.3303 College/Willox Improvements Project US 287 Access Modification Summary July, 2009 Exlstina Accesses - East Side of US 287 Pro ect Station Milepost Owner Description 10+00 348.04 Willox Intersection - Section Corner Janet Haas, 1256 Red Mountain Drive, Longmont, CO North College Motors continuous drive to be 348.06 80501 removed. 1802 North College Investments, LLC, 1802 N College Ave, Fort Collins, CO Pobre Ponchos South Drive to be removed. 348.07 80524 1802 North College Investments, LLC, 1802 N College Ave, Fort Collins, CO Pobre Ponchos North Drive to be removed. 348.07 80524 348.09 Developer Removed by developer. 348.10 Developer Removed by developer. 348.11 Developer Removed by developer. 348.20 Developer Removed by developer. Grape Street - to be removed and replaced by new public drive into development at STA 348.22 17+33 see bellow). 348.23 1Ditch Road to Remain Proposed Accesses - East Side of US 287 Project Station Milepost Owner Description 10+00 348.04 Willox Intersection - Section Corner New 30' RI/RO Commercial Access Drive - 14+04 348.11 requires CDOT Access Permit Relocation of Grape Street with 30' 3/4 Commercial Access Drive - requires CDOT 17+33 348.18 lAccess Permit 19+56 348.23 1Ditch Road to Remain College/Willox Improvements Project US 287 Access Modification Summary July, 2009 Existing Accesses - West Side of US 287 Project Station Milepost Owner Description 10+00 348.04 Willox Intersection - Section Corner Deloris M Weber Revocable Mini -Mart Drive - will remain in same location Trust, DTD 5-13-97, PO Box but rebuilt to 30' wide with no porkchop island 348.08 215 York Nebraska 68467 remains RI/RO Lamplighter Lodging, Inc., 1809 North College Avenue, Lamplighter South Drive to be removed. 348.09 Fort Collins, CO 80524 Lamplighter Lodging, Inc., Lamplighter North Drive - to be removed and 1809 North College Avenue, replaced by new 30' RI/RO drive at STA 14+20 348.12 Fort Collins CO 80524 Shared Legends Holdings, LLC, 1845 Legacy Auto Sales South Drive - to be removed North College Avenue, Fort and replaced by new 30' RI/RO drive at STA 348.13 Collins CO 80524 14+20 Shared Legends Holdings, LLC, 1845 North College Avenue, Fort Legacy Auto Sales North Drive - will remain in 348.15 Collins CO 80524 same location but rebuilt to 30' RI/RO Legends Holdings, LLC, 1845 Existing Field Access (NOT SHOWN ON THE North College Avenue, Fort ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN), will be 348.16 Collins, CO 80524 relocated to STA 18+19 with 16' wide drive 348.22 Ditch Road to Remain Proposed Accesses - West Side of US 287 Project Station Milepost Owner Description 10+00 12+02 348.04 348.08 Willox Intersection - Section Corner Mini -Mart Drive - 30' RI/RO 14+20 348.12 30' RI/RO drive (Shared between Lampighter and Legacy Auto 15+74 348.15 Legacy Auto Sales North Drive - 30' RI/RO 18+19 348.20 16' Field Access 19+10 1 348.22 Ditch Road to Remain US 287/SH14 Access Management IGA Amendment VII. INDIVIDUAL ACCESS POINT DESCRIPTIONS Long -Range Plan - North College Avenue Page 13 The 101h paragraph of Page 13 is amended as follows: Interwest Consulting Group July, 2009 Provide public street or public drive connections to the parallel street / drive system approximately 450 feet north of Willox Lane (both sides of North College Avenue). These streets / drives would be limited to RIRO movements at North College Avenue. See PRU. The 22"d paragraph of Page 13 is amended as follows: Public Drive 740 feet north of Willox Lane (east side) shall become a 314 movement. Grape Street (east) shall be removed. Ditch Road (east and west) shall remain, but will be limited to RIRO with construction of raised median. See PRU. US 287/SH14 Access Management Report Amendment Interwest Consulting Group July, 2009 3.6 Access Control Plan Long -Range Plan Recommendations Corridor -Wide Improvements Page 41 The 2nd paragraph of Page 41 is amended as follows: East Side of North College Avenue — Develop parallel Collector Street system between Vine Drive and Bristleeone Drive, and a parallel public access drive north of Willox Lane reconnecting to College Avenue approximately 740 feet north of Willox (south of the Larimer and Weld Canal). No connection to Spaulding Lane will be made on the east side of 287. US 2871SH14 Access Management Report Amendment Interwest Consulting Group July, 2009 3.6 Access Control Plan Long -Range Plan Recommendations Location -Specific Improvements Page 42 The 10`h paragraph of Page 42 is amended as follows: Provide public street or public drive connections to the parallel street / drive system approximately 450' north of Willox Lane (both sides of the street). These streets / drives would be limited to RIRO movements with North College Avenue. The 11`" paragraph of Page 42 is amended as follows: Construct a left turn deceleration lane in the median for access to the new public drive connection south of the Larimer and Weld Canal. U Z W G a W J W Q oz O�Z dZdJ4mm0 tiLLWcog _o Up4J�"' of- J O p U Op 40 C U z 4 5