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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTIMBERLINE VILLAGE PUD - Filed GC-GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 2008-06-09Sutterarehileels/planners, Pe. a professional corpora/ion May 3, 1985 Mr. Steve Ryder: Planner Planning & Development City of Fort Collins P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 Subject: Redwood Village Center; Preliminary Submittal of. Dear Steve: This letter shall serve as an additional explanation to our preliminary submittal for Planned Development review of the Redwood Village Center. We hope that with these explanations and the accompanying submittal documents, you will find our project meeting all requirements and qualifying for approval by the Planning and Zoning Board. For convenience of review and later reference, we have broken this letter into several major headings and subheadings. Each heading addresses a requirement to be met or explanation behind assumptions and decisions that have been made. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS The Redwood Village Center because.of its location enhances a major goal of the City's Comprehensive Plan by being a development in the Northeast quadrant of town. It, along with the proposed North College Plaza,will provide important shopping opportunities not now available or convenient to residents in this area of town. In meeting this goal of "location", the goals of environmental preservation and efficient energy utilization is enhanced. This center will greatly reduce travel distance for the convenience shopper which now involves trips to either the downtown area or shopping areas in South Fort Collins. This reduction of distance will reduce pollution generated by automobiles and energy consump- tion by these same vehicles. It is anticipated that pedestrians will frequent this center from nearby residential developments further reducing these impacts. 420 S. Howes #107, 'Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 (303)493-5191 DrekeEWiee-Eenterf58}WesfBra4ceAea F6e�l s Foloti loS�i F3Q3 '} 3-51A8 EXHIBIT "B" The Development Agreement for This exhibit does not apply to this development. COST ESTIMATE FOR MAJOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS Include only those major storm drainage basin improvements required by an adopted basin master plan. ITEM DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT COST TOTAL COST 1. Storm sewer, manholes, end sections, etc. (a) L.f. /L.f. $ (b) L.f. /L.f. $ (c) Ea. Ea. $ (d) Ea. Ea. $ Sub -Total 2. Channel excavation, detention pond excavation and riprap Sub -Total F7 C.Y. $ /C.Y. $ C.Y. 5 /C.Y. $ C.Y. $ /C.Y. $ EXHIBIT B - Page 2 ITEM DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT COST TOTAL COST 3. Right-of-way & easement acquisition (a) S.F. $ /S.F. $ (b) Ac. $ /Ac. $ 4. ( a) 5 Sub -Total Professional Design Lump Sum Other Total estimated cost of Storm Drainage improvements eligible for credit or City repayment Prepared by: Address: Title: $ Mr. Steve Ryder Page two Through the successful integration of Landscape Elements with Unifying Architectural Elements, the City's goals of community self -perception are also enhanced. Landscaping will also be used at the perimeters of the project to preserve street scape and mitigate parking area impact. Signage will also be closely controlled within the development. By taking primary access from Bristle Cone Drive via North College Avenue and providing for clearly defined internal pedestrian walkway systems, the project will also enhance the City's goals for trans- portation and safety. Specifically the project meets elements 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66 of the City's Policy Plan dealing with Neighborhood Service Centers. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS Site: With the site significantly off of College Avenue, site lines to potential buildings there become an immediate consideration. It is felt with the development of the North College Plaza, people will be drawn off of College Avenue onto Bristle Cone Drive which will positively impact exposure to Redwood Village Center. To further enhance site lines and provide aesthetic contrast, primary access to the site was canted. With buildings squarely tied to property lines, the canted access drive provides opportunities for interesting open plazas where square elements meet with angled/canted elements. To further enhance vision into the site along Bristle Cone and provide aesthetic variety to the street scape, plantings have been grouped to provide interesting glances into the architecture yet visually blocking and mitigating the impact of parking areas. Plantings proposed along Bristle Cone have also been coordinated with the North College Plaza Preliminary Landscape Plan. Landscape elements will be used to enhance site entries, pedestrian circulation areas, and pull elements at plazas aesthetically together. Site Lighting has been designed to provide for safety and security in parking lot areas at one foot candle. Pedestrian walk way areas and plazas will be lighted at 2 to 3 foot candles to further emphasize these areas in evenings and differentiate them from automobile circulation NO Mr. Steve Ryder Page three areas. Canopy lighting will be even yet brighter to enhance architectural aesthetics and emphasize scale at the building line. No exterior light will be so bright so as to negatively affect the effective lighting and display at store front systems. Landscaping along with earth berming has been intensified along Red Cedar Circle to screen the more plain architectural elements there. Planters have been provided at the west elevation of buildings along the alley to provide interest and soften these elevations to future development that may take place to the west of the project. Plazas have been provided at three areas of the project to provide a variety to the Architectural Elevations, provide gathering places for pedestrians in nice weather, and to enhance entry areas to structures. Landscape elements will be uniform between plazas but will be of smaller and dissimilar materials than most of the rest of the site to enhance scale and establish these areas as "special areas",. Architecture: Architecture has been designed so as to provide for aesthetically pleasing building facades emphasizing entry elements and pedestrian circulation. Basic structural components will be masonry exterior walls and interior steel post and beam. Canopy elements will be colored metal roofing panels and steel tube elements that will be used to identify individual buildings. Masonry will be simple in texture and of the same color throughout the project. High- light bands will be cast into masonry to provide variety and promote scale. Building masonry and metal architectural elements will be re- peated at planters and free standing structures to bring architectural elements into the plazas to mix with landscape elements. Color will also be repeated from canopy structures to site seating, lamp posts, bike racks, and the like to further enhance this mix. The plazas will form the transition area, bringing architectural and landscape elements together. Canopy structures will be simple of form and material displaying painted structural elements in contrast to each other. The underside of canopies will be light in color to prevent the feeling of dark heavy elements being overhead. Architectural signage will be simple in back drop and uniform throughout the project. Signage will be mounted to the front 1 Mr. Steve Ryder Page four edge of canopy structures. Lettering elements on uniform backdrops will be more flexible which will give the opportunity of tenant identification while promoting a homogeneous hole. Site identification signage will be ground mounted. Higher than minimum insulation values will be used to reduce energy consumption in the buildings. Site lighting has been reduced in intensity and tenants will be encouraged to utilize task and high light lighting to further reduce comsumption. Exterior lighting will be timed with seasonal variations in night and day. Sprinkling systems at landscape elements will also be timed for night time use to reduce evaporation and affects of wind. To provide for flexibility in developing architecture around tenant requirements, a Building Envelope has been provided in which buildings would be developed. Building coverage would not be allowed to exceed those presently designated. Envelopes have been configured so that plaza areas will be maintained similar to those shown. ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS Utilities: Utilities are located in Bristle Cone Drive and Red Cedar Circle. Each building will be serviced separately with water and sewer. Electrical and gas meter banks will be centrally located at the service side of structures and screened whenever possible. Transformers will be strategically located in landscape areas whenever possible where they will be serviceable and where they can be reasonably screened. Drainage/Grading: The site has a general natural slope to the east and south in the neighborhood of one per cent. Finish grading will be set to also drain in the same general direction in an over lot system. Required on site detention will be accomplished in an over lot system in the parking lots. Controlled outlets will be designed to meet storm water control requirements. Drainage is more specifically addressed in the preliminary drainage report submitted with these documents. Mr. Steve Ryder Page five It appears that the site is in the 100 year flood plain. It is the Owner's feeling that the establishment of drainage structures in the area will mitigate this problem and that the City of Fort Collins has agreed to these conditions. More research must be cone on this matter to substantiate exact requirements that must be met. In any regard, the project will be designed to meet all necessary requirements as either previously agreed to or in line with Fort Collins Standards for construction within the 100 year flood plain. Soils: A complete subsoils investigation and analysis will be submitted at the final stage of PUD submittal. Based on construction of other projects in the area; however, it is felt that soils will be suitable for this type of construction proposed. It is known that the water table can be high at seasonal periods in the area but it is not felt to be a major hindrance or factor in the devel- opment of this project. Traffic: Traffic impact and analysis is addressed in a separate document submitted with this letter. The site entries from public streets as well as internal traffic circulation have been designed to meet the conditions of the Traffic Report. ZONING Present: Present zoning on the property is HB. Proposed Uses: Proposed uses for the site will fall generally into the categories of commercial retail, service, office and entertainment. PROJECT PHASING The project will be phased in two stages as indicated on the submittal plans. It is anticipated that Phase I will begin development this fall of 1985. Phase II will follow within the next one to three years (1986-1989) depending on market conditions in the area. Mr. Steve Ryder Page six OWNERSHIP It is anticipated at this time that the project will be developed under one ownership, that being Redwood Ventures. The two individuals controlling this entity are Mr. Jay Kee Jacobson, and Mr Archie L. Wainwright. SUMMARY It is our feeling and that of the Owner that this project will bring much needed commercial development to the North side of Fort Collins. It is felt that this type of development along with the future devel- opment of the Anheiser Busch Facility will help to liven residential development to the area also. This will vitalize the whole north and northeast quadrant of the City, meeting a major goal of the comprehensive plan. Careful attention of architectural elements will provide for a most attractive and welcoming setting. Special attention has been given to the integration of landscape elements with architectural elements to provide for a well integrated system of aesthetic elements. Special attention has been given to the street scape and other perimeter areas to soften the center from these areas yet maintain affective site lines important to future tenants. All technical engineering requirements for the project have been addressed and can be successfully met. It is our sincere hope that the City Planning Staff and Planning and Zoning Board will share ours and the Owner's enthusiasm for this project. We look forward to working with them in making this an aesthetically pleasing and successful project. Respectfully S m tted, 94— 64#�� Robert A. Sutter, A.I.A. President RAS/kf cc: Jay Kee Jacobson Engineering Professionals Phillip E. Flores DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY .' OMAHA DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS 6014 U.S. POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68102 -' " PLY O TTC ANTIOF T� Platte River Resident Office a Littleton, Colorado 80125 �V Steve Ryder City of Fort Collins P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 Dear Sir, _ On June 3,1985 Eldon Ward, Robert Zakely and myself reviewed the developement site at SE'-4 30-T7N-R68W, Timberline Village PUD, Fort Collins, CO. The east end of thesite although there was water present, it would not appear to be a wetland because the hydric vegetation and hydric soils were not present. It appeared to be a temporary drainage problem because of a plugged culbert. I was told it has been farmed in the past. A permit is not needed to channelize the drain unless fill material is placed back into the creek below ordinary high water (OHW). A nationwide permit (after the fact) for the minor road crossing already built and some rock riprap to protect the banks downstream next to the structure will be needed. Also there is a wetland area that will be disturbed, but because it is less than one acre, it can be permitted under a Nationwide Permit also. I'm waiting for details from Robert Zakely and Eldon Ward as to quantities i.e. area of wetland, cubic yards, linear feet etc. for the project for a final determination a: to permit requirements. Sincerely, r, r Mike Rabbe Env. Res. Spec. cc -Eldon Ward Robert Zakely I 84 1- 80 76 as f c 72 — r y 7p Cale gory 8 x Typic k\ ; a 6Y distan a :- a to I.Cl t 'l of wa ; 64 8 Ian 60 Catego A� lane 56 --i O Terrain: level Tralhc: level of service C: 8 lanes-11.000 vehicles per t ..3 mphl.... 2 lanes-1300 vehicle per hour w/ mph) n level \� trucks/hour _ -U 100 200 300 400 Distance hom edge of high FIGURE 12.6. L,e Highway noise levels at various c1h highways with various noise barriers. Curves show rh heavy landscaping —reduce by 5 d8A. For i6 it barn 12 ft barrier —reduce by 14 dBA. Fora 10 ft depressec 100 h and by 7 or 8 d8A at 200 ft or more. V 0 —5 $ —10 — 25 2 lanes 500 600 ay till inces from two- and eight -lane se levels without barriers. For —reduce by 9 to 12 dBA. For a roadway —reduce by 4 dBA at 1111P III III eeeeeeeee MI IPA — 30 20 30 40 50 -60 - 180 100 200 300 400 500. 1100 Distance from F of lane in h. Figure 21.19. Noise reduction produced by various highway configurations. (Source: "Transportation Noise and Its Control.' U.S. Department of Trinsponalion (Wash- ington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1972), p. 15.1 %W .40 September 5, 1985 Mr. Bob Zakley Everitt Development, Inc. 3000 S. College Avenue Ft. Collins, CO 50525 Re: Reimbursement for Drainage Improvements on Timberline Road. Dear Bob, We need to prepare and approve an amendment to the Development Agreement for Timberline Apartment= PUD. The amendment will address the repayment for the installation of the three 54" culverts and associated drainage improvements that are now taf,ing place. The Exhibit "B" that is usually attached to Development Agreements is the easiest way to accomplish this. Without an admendment, we (Drainage) have no mechanism to process your repayment. Please have your engineer fill out the exhibit form and then Bonnie can draft the amendment agreement. Please don't forget to include the subdrain work we discussed over the phone last Wednesday. Sincerely, Bob Lee Director of Transportation Services 61� or, Oae ivi I rai aion /cc: Bonnie Tripoli