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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPOUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT 1999 ELEMENTARY - SITE PLAN ADVISORY REVIEW - 19-97 - CORRESPONDENCE - RESPONSE TO APPLICANT1999 Elementary School Letter October 28, 1997 Page 2 3. The Board of Education should coordinate with the City's.Transportation Department, Traffic Operations Division, on monitoring the traffic patterns and volumes on Timberwood Drive and Corbett Drive. If necessary, such monitoring may lead to installation of additional traffic control devices to mitigate traffic impacts on the neighborhood. Such control devices could take the form of a traffic rotary at the intersection of Corbett Drive and Timberwood Drive.The staff contact person is Eric Bracke, 221-6630. 4. The Board of Education should schedule the starting and ending times for the new 1999 Elementary School so that times are sufficiently staggered in relation to Preston Junior High's starting and ending times in order to mitigate traffic volumes on surrounding neighborhood streets. 5. The Board of Education should plant trees and shrubs on the south side of the school. 6. The Board of Education should continue to work closely with the City's Current Planning Department on the design of the street network for the Poudre Valley Hospital property located west of the.school property. Such street network will provide access for the school to the Timber Creek neighborhood, Timberline Road and Harmony Road. The staff contact person is Ted Shepard, 221-6750. In conclusion, the Planning and Zoning Board was pleased with the level of cooperation between the District and the City as demonstrated at the board's worksession on October 10, 1997. The worksession format allowed all parties to ask questions and make comments in an informal setting. The District is offered an open invitation to address the Planning and Zoning Board in a similar manner on future projects. Sincerely: Gwen Bell Chairperson, City of Fort Collins, Planning and Zoning Board xc: Kathleen Reavis, Transportation Planner Eric Bracke, Traffic Operations Engineer Janet Meisel, Parks Planner Ted Shepard, Senior Planner Com nity Planning and Environmen Services Current Planning City of Fort Collins October 28, 1997 Mr. Michael Spearnak Poudre School District 2407 LaPorte Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80521 RE: 1999 Elementary School Dear Mr. Spearnak: On October 16, 1997, at the regular meeting of the City of Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board, the.Board voted 7 - 0 to advise the Board of Education of the Poudre School District that the location, character and extent of the 1999 Elementary School is appropriate and the site development plan conforms to the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Collins, subject to the following condition: The Poudre School District is advised that a separate, detached, loop drive be provided east of the parking lot to help mitigate the expected amount of parent and drop-off and pick-up traffic. (Although this loop drive was not shown on the plans, its inclusion was agreed to verbally at the public hearing. PSD should provide an updated site development plan illustrating the loop drive.) In addition, based on further discussion at the public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Board advises the Poudre School District of the following: 1. The Board of Education should work closely with the City's Transportation Department, Transportation Planning Division in conjunction with satisfying the requirements of the "Safe Route to School" program in order to establish safe and logical pedestrian patterns which connect the site to the surrounding existing and future neighborhoods. The staff contact person is Kathleen Reavis, 221- 6140. 2. The Board of Education should work closely with the City Parks and Recreation Department, Parks Planning Division, on the location of the bicycle/pedestrian path within the future park to the south that will connect the.school with the Timber Creek neighborhood. The staff contact person is Janet Meisel, 221- 6640. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 416-2020