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Mr. James Becker
December 21, 1999
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the office, then, on Monday, January 3, 2000. If you would like to meet please feel free to give
me a call or in my absence please contact Lilly Tellez-Garcia, my Executive Assistant, and she
will be able to arrange a meeting with me at your earliest convenience.
I am sorry for any inconvenience that you have suffered during this review process and assure
you that we will do everything possible to make sure that this can happen in a timely fashion.
Meanwhile, should you have any further questions, or if I can be of further assistance, please do
not hesitate to call on me.
Sincerely,
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John F. Fischbach
City Manager
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City of Fort Collins
December 21, 1999
Mr. James Becker
Turning Point Executive Director
1644 South College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Dear Mr. Becker:
I wanted to write to you with regards to the building plans that you are trying to get approved for
the renovation of a fraternity house located at 801 South Shields to house approximately 36 girls
in residential care, a "day treatment" alternative school for up to 24 youths and administrative
offices.
I apologize that my letter has taken so long to gei to you, but we did have other things to check
on and I wanted to make sure that we were proper in what we were telling you.
After receiving a copy of the E-mail from you addressed to the Mayor, we distributed it to the
staff involved with,Development Review asking for comments. Responses were received from
the Project Planner, Troy Jones, and Building Inspection, Mike Gebo, Inspection Services
Supervisor. Without specifics, it is difficult to respond to allegations that the staff made
"discretionary decisions" that resulted in changes during the review process. However, our
understanding of those involved is that this did not occur. Specifically, the allegations that the
staff demanded changes to the exterior is incorrect. Fagade changes were never required by
staff. Our understanding is that you wanted to make some exterior changes that were determined
to be structural in nature that would definitely have affected the cost.
Unfortunately, some requirements were discovered in the Review Process resulting in extra steps
being required before a building permit could be approved. Originally, it had been assumed the
lot was a legally subdivided lot so that you were informed a subdivision would not be necessary.
However, it was later discovered that the lot had never been legally platted. The Land Use Code
requires that property be part of a an official subdivision before a building permit can be issued.
Rather than review in detail the specific allegations that were made, I would like to make an
offer to meet with you to see if I can expedite any approvals that may be necessary. I am leaving
town for a week and a half and will return in time for the Y2K "excitement." I will be back in
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