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Home My WebLink AboutFOSSIL CREEK DESIGN CENTER PUD - 94-88A - REPORTS - CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONPlanning and Zoning Meeting March 27, 1989 RE FOSSIL CREEK DESIGN CENTER My name is Rod Van Velson I am president of the Fossil Creek Meadows Homeowners Association. Our board of Directors represents 207 households in the Fossil Creek. Meadows Subdivision Our Board of Directors and the residents of Fossil Creek Meadows have attended four neighborhood meetings and discussed a variety of issues related to the Fossil Creek Design Center and its future impact upon our neighborhood. We were active participants in the Land Development Guidance System (LDGS) and our concerns were addressed. Please note however, I am not implying the LDGS resolved all our concerns. Furthermore our homeowners realize the developers of the Fossil Creek. Design Center have gone beyond what the LDGS requires. However, you would think that after all these meetings and the discussions of all our concerns the citizens of Fossil Creek and Fairway Estates would be elsewhere this evening. to tell you why. Obviously they are not and I want i 1. In our future we see a proposed 25 foot transition zone between our residential subdivision and a adjacent commercial development area. If we count the width of Snead Drive it adds 50-60 feet, but I assure you this is not our idea of an adequate transition between our residential area and bu-siness development. 2. The entrance to our subdivision will be re -designed around the concept of a "temporary" entrance that will handle a larger volume of traffic. However, no one that I am aware of has seen the final plan. Hopefully, we will have some landscaping left to irrigate with our expensive water tap. 3. No one can tell us how long this "temporary" entrance will be used. We are curious to know when Fossil Creek Parkway is realigned if the new entrance will mitigate our present entrance or the forth coming "temporary" one? 4. Lets not kid ourselves. There are two reasons why Fossil Creek Parkway will be realigned: (1) to accommodate a larger commercial development than if Fossil Creek. Parkway remained in its present location and (2) to provide an appropriate entrance for the planned four lane highway that will bisect our subdivision. We are told to accept the realignment of Fossil Creek Parkway and the four lane arterial because they follow approved Master Plans. Yes, the Fossil Creek. Meadows and Fairway Estates Subdivisions should be satisfied since we have participated under a citizen involvement planning system, i.e. the Land Development Guidance System, that has received nationwide attention. However, after working within the LDGS we would prefer a system that results in resolutions of citizens problems and concerns. Let me give you an example. From our perspective City Hall, but not necessarily the planning department, has inadequate drainage requirements. The storm water treatment facility that the folks from the Fossil Creek Design Center are planning is not even a requirement in the LDGS, yet the planning staff feels its important enough to encourage such a venture. We applaud both the developer and the planning staff for this attempt --But-- Shouldn't this have been a requirement within the LDGS? In situations like this the Planning and Zoning Board is put in a position of reviewing and approving projects that meet city drainage requirements knowing that the drainage requirements are inadequate. We share this same frustration. Fortunately for us the Planning and Zoning Board has demonstrated sensitivity to the drainage issue with its recent ruling on the pervious PACE development site. Our subdivision still has concerns about drainage, but not from the standpoint that this developer did not comply with the LDGS. Once again Dr. Mike Harvey, a resident of Fossil Creek Meadows will present our concerns about the effects of future development upon drainage problems within our subdivision. Dr. Harvey is a geomorphologist and currently Vice President of Engineering and Technology Inc. This is a private consulting firm, based in Fort Collins, that contracts national and international projects in the fields of applied geomorphology, hydrology, and water resources engineering. Dr. Harvey is a former CSU professor who taught and conducted research in the fields of hydraulics and agriculture Engineering. Dr. Harvey currently serves on two national committees. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and serves on a earth surfaces processes panel. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a member ❑f the National Streambank Erosion Task Force Committee. You will hear from another Fossil Creek. Resident, Dr. Del Nimmo who has worked 15 years for the EPA in their Water Management Division. Dr. Nimmo supervised the setting and review of water quality standards in a b state area plus conducted research on toxicants and their effect upon water quality. His expertise is aquatic toxicology. Dr. Nimmo worked 4 years in private industry with Environmental Research and Technology, Inc. with responsibilities for management of aquatic ecology and toxicology projects. He has participated on various national planning and policy formulation committees regarding aquatic toxicology. Dr. Nimmo currently works for the National Park Service and spends two days a week teaching water quality and aquatic toxicology courses at CSU. Several other residents will express concerns about the impact of future development on the traffic in our subdivision. We do not envy your position. Our subdivision looks for input from the Planning and Zoning Hoard to encourage responsible planning and to guide future development so it blends into our neighborhood. Visualize yourselves in our position and consider our comments. Thank you I CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: MICHAEL DAVID HARVEY TITLE: Vice President, Water Engineering & Technology, Inc. BIRTHDATE: May 19, 1947 CITIZEN: New Zealand VISA STATUS: U-S. Permanent Resident EDUCATION: B.S. 1969 University of Canterbury, New Zealand Soil Pedology, Soil and Water Engineering M.S. 1973 University of Canterbury, New Zealand (Hons) Soils, Geomorphology, Hydrology Ph.D. 1980 Colorado State University Fluvial Geomorphology, Sedimentology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1970-1971 Soil Conservator, Water and Soil Division Ministry of Works and Development, New Zealand 1973-1974 Scientist, Water and Soil Division Ministry of Works and Development, New Zealand 1975-1977 Project Leader, Water and Soil Division Ministry of Works and Development, New Zealand 1977-1978 Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University 1981-1983 Senior Research Associate, Colorado State University 1983-19W Senior Research Scientist, and Associate Professor of Geology, Colorado State University 1983- Vice President, Water Engineering & Technology, Inc. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Geological Society of America Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists American Geophysical Union Sigma Xi Associate Editor, Rocky Mountain Geologist Michael David Harvey TEACHING: Courses Taught: 1983-1984 ER 454 Geomorphology 1983-1984 ER 376 Field Methods 1984 ER 592 Seminar in Glacial Geology 1984-1987 ER 480 Continental Depositional Processes 1984 ER 696 Group Study in Engineering Geology 1985 ER 544 Engineering Geology 1986-1987 ER 692 Geomorphology Seminar Guest Lecturers: 1983-1984 ER 440 Watershed Problem Analysis 1983-1984 CE 413 Environmental River Mechanics 1983 CE 717 River Mechanics Short Courses and Seminars: Page 2 1983 Soil Conservation Service - Geomorphology in channel design, Fort Worth, Texas, Greenville, S.C., Washington, D.C. 1984 Soil Conservation Service - Stream Mechanics - Colorado State University 1984 Erosion and River Behavior Analysis - Colorado State University 1986 Office of Surface Mining - Design of Reclaimed Channels - Salt Lake City, Utah 1987 Soil Conservation Service - Use of Geomorphology in Erosion Control and Channel Design, Portland, Oregon 1988 Soil Conservation Service - Geomorphology and channel design, Fort Worth, Texas 1988 USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) - Applied geomorphology, Davis, California Committees: American Society of Civil Engineers Hydraulics Division, River Bank Erosion Task Committee National Academy of Sciences, Earth Surface Processes Panel CONSULTING: Smith and Sanders, Engineering, Jackson, Mississippi USDA Soil Conservation Service Woodward Clyde Consultants, Denver, Colorado Atlantic Richfield, Denver, Colorado Bureau of Indian Affairs Michael Baker, Jr., Inc., Engineers, Jackson, Mississippi Water Engineering and Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado Hansen Ranch, Jackson, Wyoming NUS Corporation, Denver, Colorado Indiana Port Commission U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District Office of Surface Mining BHP - Utah International Inc. Neel -Schaffer Engineers, Jackson, Mississippi U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, California CH2M-Hill, Redding, California Dames and Moore, Phoenix, Arizona Michael David Harvey Page 3 PUBLICATIONS: Harvey, M.D. and Williams, N.W., 1972. Land use capability survey of the Awatere River Catchment, Marlborough. New Zealand, Ministry of Works and Development Publication. 85 p. Harvey, M.D., 1973. Soil studies in a high country catchment, Paddle Creek, South Canterbury. Unpublished M.S. Thesis, University of Canterbury, 240 p. Harvey, M.D., 1974. Periodic instability in a high country catchment. Proc. Annual NZIAS Conference, Lincoln College, May 1974. Harvey, M.D., 1974. Erosional and deposition aspects of the Puketeraki soil series. Proc. Annual NZIAS Conference, Lincoln College, May 1974. Harvey, M.D., 1975. Characterization of the physical, chemical and hydraulic properties of a Puketeraki silt loam. Proc. Annual NZIAS Conference, Massey University, May 1975. Harvey, M.D., 1976. Site tolerance in urban subdivision. Proc. Annual NZIAS Conference, Lincoln College, May 1976. Harvey, M.D., 1977. An analysis of soil slip erosion and sedimentation that occurred on the Port Hills, Canterbury as a result of the August 19-25, 1975 storm. Water and Soil Technical Publication, No. AP 2, New Zealand Ministry of Works. Harvey, M.D. and McSavenny, M.J., 1979. Sediment yield of Little Hopwood Burn, Lake Hawea, Clutha Catchment. Water and Soil Division, Technical Publication No. AP 17, New Zealand Ministry of Works. 16 p. Harvey, M.D., 1980. The Cache la Poudre River: a coarse grained meandering river in the Colorado Piedmont. Field Trip Guidebook for Third Biennial Course on the Fluvial System with Applications to Economic Geology, March 17-21, 1980. Colorado State University, pp. 27- 40. Harvey, M.D., 1980. Steepland channel response to episodic erosion. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 253 p. Harvey, M.D., Rentschler, R.E., and Schumm, S.A., 1981. Environments of deposition: Controls on channel erosion in Northern Mississippi. Geological Soc. Am. (Abs.), v. 14, no. 7. Harvey, M.E., 1982. Use of a physical model to determine the effects of periodic erosion in steep terrain on sediment characteristics and loads. Proc. Symp. on Sediment Routing and Budgeting in Forest Watershed, Corvallis, OR, USFS, PNW, FRES., General Technical Report, PNW-141, pp 50-58. Schumm, S.A., Bean, D.W., and Harvey, M.D., 1982. Bed -form -dependent pulsating flow in Medano Creek, Southern Colorado. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 7, pp. 17-28. Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C., and Schumm, S.A., 1982. A Geomorphic Approach to Channel Rehabilitation. Geol. Soc. Am. (Abs.), Vol. 15, No. 7. Harvey, M.D., 1982, Late Pleistocene -Holocene stratigraphy of Northern Mississippi Valleys. Journal, Colorado -Wyoming Academy of Sciences, vol. XIV, no. 1, April 1982, pp. 26-27. Schumm, S.A., and Harvey, M.D., 1982. Natural erosion rates in the U.S.A. American Society of Agronomy Special Paper, ASA Publication No. 45, pp. 15-22. Michael David Harvey Page 4 PUBLICATIONS (continued) Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C., and Schumm, S.A., 1983. Channelized Streams: An analog for the Effects of Urbanization. Proc. Tenth Int. Symp. on Urban Hydrology, Hydraulics and Sediment Control: Sterling, H.J., and DeVore, R.W. (eds), Univ. of Kentucky. Pub. No. UKYBU131, pp. 401-410. Watson, C.C. and Harvey, M.D., 1983. Equilibrium Criteria for Channelized Streams. Proc. of the Conference on Frontiers in Hydraulic Engineering, Hyd. Div. Am. Soc. of Civil Engr., Hung Tao Shen (ed), Cambridge, MA, p. 602. Harvey, M.D., 1983. A geomorphic evaluation of a grade -control structure in a meandering channel. Proceedings of the conference on River Meandering, Waterways, Ports, Coastal and Ocean Division, ASCE, October, 1983, New Orleans, Louisiana, C.M. Elliott (ed), pp. 284-294. Watson, C.C., Schumm, S.A., and Harvey, M.D., 1983. Neotectonic Effects on River Pattern. Proceedings of the Conference on River Meandering, Waterways, Ports, Coastal and Ocean Division, ASCE, October, 1983, New Orleans, Louisiana, C.M. Elliott (ed), pp. 55-66. Harvey, M.D., and Watson, C.C., 1984. Erosion control in channelized streams. Proc. International Erosion Control Assoc., Denver, CO, February 1983, pp. 31-40. Watson, C.C:, and Harvey, M.D., 1984. Equilibrium criteria for some incised channels of Western United States. Proceedings of Specialty Conference, Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, July, 1984, Flagstaff, Arizona, J.A. Replogle and K.G. Renard (eds), pp 537-543. Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C., and Schumm, S.A., 1985. Stream channel restoration criteria, Proc. 2nd Hydrology Symp. on Surface Coal Mining in the Northern Great Plains, Feb. 26-27, 1985, Gillette, WY, pp. 61-73. Finley, J.B., Harvey, M.D., and Watson, C.C., 1985. Experimental Study: Erosion of overburden cap material protected by rock mulch. Proc. 7th Symp. on Management of Uranium Mill Tailings, Low -Level Waste and Hazardous Waste, Geotechnical Eng. Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, Feb. 6-8, 11985, pp. 273-282. Flores, R.M. and Harvey, M.D., (Eds), 1985. Field guidebook to modern and ancient fluvial systems in the United States. Third Int. Fluvial Sedimentology Conf., Ft. Collins, Colorado, August 7-9, 1985, 113 p. Harvey, M.D., Crews, S., Pitlick, J., and Blair T., 1985. Holocene braided streams of eastern Colorado and the sedimentologic effects of Lawn Lake Dam failure, Rocky Mountain National Park. In: Field Guidebook to MOdern and Ancient Fluvial Systems in the United States, Flores, R.M. and Harvey, M.D. (Eds), Third International Fluvial Sedimentology Conference, Ft. Collins, Colorado, August 7-9, 1985, pp. 87-106. Harvey, M.D. and Pitlick, J., 1985. Low -flow erosion of a sediment storage zone. (Abs.). EOS Trans. AGU, Vol. 66, No. 46, p. 912-913.. Pitlick, J. and Harvey, M.D., 1985. Variability associated with portable bedload samplers. (Abs.). EOS, Trans. AGU, Vol. 66, No. 46, p. 910. Clarkin, K.L., and Harvey, M.D., 1986. Sediment storage and delivery in four small watersheds eastern Colorado. In: Proc. Fourth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, v. 1, p. 3.54-3.63. Michael David Harvey Page 5 PUBLICATIONS (continued) Watson, C.C., Harvey, M.D., and Garbrecht, J., 1986. Geomorphic -hydraulic simulation of channel evolution. In: Proc. Fourth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, v. 2, p. 5.21- 5.30. Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C., and Bernard, J., 1986. Predicting Channel Adjustment to Channelization. In: Proc. Fourth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, v. 2, p. 5.21-5.30. Harvey, M.D., and Watson, 1986. Fluvial processes and morphologic thresholds in stream channel restoration. Water Resources Bulletin, v. 22, no. 3, p. 359-368. Laird, J.R. and Harvey, M.D., 1986. Complex -response of chaparral drainage basin to fire. In: Proc. Int. Symp. on Drainage Basin Sediment Delivery, IAHS Spec. Publ. No. 159, p. 165- 184. Harvey, M.D., and Forsythe, P., 1986. Geologic origin of some dispersive soils in Mississippi. Bull. Eng. Geol. Harvey, M.D., 1986. Review. Fluvial Forms and Processes, by David Knighton, Edward Arnold, Baltimore. Journal of Geology, 94(6), p. 907. Harvey, M.D. and Watson, C.C., 1986. Fluvial processes and morphological thresholds in incised channel restoration. Water Resources Bulletin, v. 22, no. 3, p. 359-368. Reprinted in Engineering Considerations in Small Stream Management, W.L. Jackson (ed), AWRA Monograph Series, No. 5. Harvey, M.D. and Schumm, S.A., 1987. Response of Dry Creek, California, to land use change, gravel mining and dam closure. Erosion and Sedimentation in the Pacific Rim. IAHS Pub[. No. 165, p. 451-460. Harvey, M.D., Pitlick, J. and Laird, J.R., 1987. Temporal and spatial variability of sediment storage and erosion in Ash Creek, Arizona. Erosion and Sedimentation in the Pacific Rim. IAHS Publ. No. 165, p. 281-282. Anthony, D.J. and Harvey, M.D., 1987. Response of bed topography to increased bed load, Fall River, Colorado. Erosion and Sedimentation in the Pacific Rim. IAHS Pub[. No. 165, p. 387- 388. Pitlick, J. Blair, T.C., Anthony, D.J. and Harvey, M.D., 1987. Sedimentology of Lawn Lake flood deposits and geomorphic processes in Fall River, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Field Trip Guidebook for the Geological Society of America Rocky MOuntain Section Spring Meeting, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 37 p. Anthony, D.J. and Harvey, M.D., 1987. Stage dependent point bar adjustments, Fall River, Colorado (Abs) EOS, Trans. AGU, v. 68, No. 44, p. 1297. Harvey, M.D., Pitlick, J., and Hagans, D.K., 1987. Adjustments of point bar morphology during a snowmelt runoff period. (Abs) EOS, Trans. AGU, v. 68, No. 44, p. 1297. Harvey, M.D., and Watson, C.C., 1988. Channel response to grade -control structures on Muddy Creek, Mississippi. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, v. 2, p. 79-92. Michael David Harvey Page 6 PUBLICATIONS (continued) Harvey, M.D., Biedenharn, D.S., and Combs, P., 1988. Adjustments of Red River following removal of the Great Raft in 1873. (Abs) EOS, Trans, AGU, v. 69, no. 18, p. 567. Anthony, D.J., and Harvey, M.D., 1988. Bedload transport and sorting in a meandering river (Abs) EOS, Trans. AGU, v. 69, no. 18, p. 566. Watson, C.C., and Harvey, M.D., 1988. Channel response to SCS Type-C grade -control structures on Burney Branch, Mississippi, ASCE Hyd. Div., 1988 National Conference, S.R. Abt and J. Gessler (eds.), p. 776-781. Harvey, M.D., Pranger, H.H. II, Biedenharn, D.S., and Combs, P., 1988. Morphologic and hydraulic adjustments of Red River from Shreveport, LA, Fulton, AK, between 1886 and 1980; ASCE, Hyd. Div., 1988 National Conference, S.R. Abt and J. Gessler (eds.), p. 764-769. Watson, C.C., Harvey, M.D., Biedenharn, D.S., and Combs, P., 1988. Geotechnical and hydraulic stability numbers for channel rehabilitation: Part I, The Approach, ASCE, Hyd. Div., 1988 National Conference, S.R. Abt and J. Gessler (eds.), p. 120-125. Watson, C.C., Peterson, M.R., Harvey, M.D., Biedenharn, D.S., and Combs, P., 1988. Geotechnical and hydraulic stability numbers for channel rehabilitation: Part II, application, ASCE Hyd. Div., 1988 National Conference, S.R. Abt and J. Gessler (eds.), 126-131. Germanoski, D., Harvey, M.D., and Schumm, S.A., 1988. Experimental and field studies of terrace development in degrading braided rivers. N.E. Section, Geol. Soc. Amer. Abs. with programs, v. 20, no. 1, p. 21. Erslev, E.A., Rogers, J.L., and Harvey, M.D. The Northeastern Front Range revisited: Horizontal compression and crustal wedging in a classic locality for vertical tectonics. Field Trip Guidebook. G.S.A. Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Flam, L., Harvey, M.D. and Schumm, S.A., 1988. Prehistoric Soil and Water Conservation structures in Sind Kohistan, Pakistan. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abs. with Programs, v. 20, p. A37. Harvey, M.D., Germanoski, D., and Pitlick, J., 1988. Terrace -forming processes in modern fluvial systems: Implications for Quaternary Studies. Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs. with Programs, v. 20, p. A374 Harvey, M.D., 1988. Meanderbelt dynamics of Sacramento River, California. In. Proc. California Riparian Systems Conference, Davis, California (in press). Harvey, M.D. and Watson, C.C., 1988. Effects of bank revetment on Sacramento River, Calirofnia. In. Proc. California Riparian Systems Conference, Davis, California (in press). Combs, P., Biedenharn, D.S. and Harvey, M.D., 1989. A design approach for providing channel stability in Loess Hills streams. Proc. US -China Sedimentation Conference (in press). BOOKS Schumm, S.A., Harvey, M.D., and Watson, C.C., 1984. Incised Channels: Morphology, Dynamics and Control. Water Resources Publications, Littleton, Colorado, 200 p. 0 r Michael David Harvey Page 7 BOOKS (continued) Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C., and Schumm, S.A., 1985. Gully erosion. Technical Note No. 366, U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1985-578- 193/25153, March 1985, 181 p. Ethridge, F.G., Flores, R.M., and Harvey, M.D., 1987 (eds.). Recent Developments in Fluvial Sedimentology, SEPM. Spec. Publ. No. 39. PROJECT REPORTS: Harvey, M.D., 1975. The distribution and characterization of different aged sand surfaces on the North Auckland Peninsula and their effects on forest establishment. Unpublished Internal Report, Ministry of Works and Development. 26 p. Harvey, M.D., Schumm, S.A., and Watson, C.C., 1980. The geology and geomorphology of Cypress Creek Watershed, Yalobusha County, Mississippi. Report prepared for Smith and Sanders, Inc., Jackson, MS. Water Engineering and Technology, Inc., Shreveport, LA. 37 p. Harvey, M.D., and Schumm, S.A., 1981. Geomorphic evaluation of the long-term stability of Atlas Minerals Uranium Mill Site, Moab, Utah. Report prepared for Woodward Clyde, Consultants, Denver, CO 28 p. Schumm, S.A., and Harvey, M.D., 1981. Report on alluvial valley floor mapping, landform identification and erosion hazards, Coal Creek Mine, Wyoming. Report prepared for ARCO Coal Company, December, 1981. 12 p. Harvey, M.D., Schumm, S.A., Buchanan, J.B., and Mizuyama, T., 1981. Geomorphic evaluation of Lower Truckee River, between Wadsworth and Marble Bluff Dam, Nevada. Report prepared for Bureau of Indian Affairs, December, 1981. 21 p. Harvey, M.D., and Schumm, S.A., 1981. The geomorphology of Oaklimiter Creek, Northern Mississippi. Report, Soil Conservation Service, Project SCS-23-MS-80. 76 p. Schumm, S.A., Harvey, M.D., and Watson, C.C., 1981. Yazoo Basin Geomorphology. Soil Conservation Service, Project SCS-23-MS-80. 483 p. Schumm, S.A., and Harvey, M.D., 1983. Geomorphic evaluation of the Grand Junction and Rifle Uranium Mill Tailings Piles. Report to NUS Corp., Denver, CO, Water Engineering & Technology, In.c, February, 1983. 17 p. Harvey, M.D, and Schumm, S.A., 1983. Report on the alluvial valley floor mapping Coal Creek Mine, Wyoming. Report prepared for Thunder Basin Coal Company, Wright, Wyoming, February, 1983. 6 p. Harvey, M.D., and Schumm, S.A., 1983. Geomorphology of Toposhaw, Abiaca and Pelucia Creeks, Mississippi Final Report, Project 53-44423-1-221, USDA, Soil Conservation Service, July, 1983. 14 p. Harvey, M.D., and Schumm, S.A., 1983. Geomorphology of Middle Fork Tillatoba Creek, Mississippi. Final Report, Project 53-44423-1-221, USDA, Soil Conservation Service,e July, 1983. 60 p. Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C., and Schumm, S.A., 1984. Geomorphic study of Muddy Fork, Silver Creek Watershed, Clarke, Floyd and Washington Counties, Indiana. Final Report, Project SCS-AS-80, 8/79, USDA Soil Conservation Service, June, 1984. 77 p. • 10 Michael David Harvey Page 8 PROJECT REPORTS (continued) Schumm, S.A., Watson, C.C., Gregory, D.I., and Harvey, M.D., 1984. Episodic behavior of sand - bed rivers. U.S. Army Research Office, Contract NO. DAA929-81-C-0037, Final Report. 61 P. Finley, J., Harvey, M.D., and Watson, C.C., 1984. Experimental studies of erosion from slopes protected by rock mulch. Final Report, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract No. 68-02-4040. 39 p. Harvey, M.D., and Schumm, S.A., 1985. Geomorphic analysis of Dry Creek, Sonoma County, California from Warm Springs Dam to Russian River Confluence. Report, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Contract No. DACW-0585-POOyr, August, 1985, 91 p. Pitlick, J.C., and Harvey, M.D., 1986. A summary of 1985 channel changes and sediment transport on Fall River, Rocky Mountain National Park. Report to National Park Service, March, 1986. 38 p. Schumm, S.A., and Harvey, M.D., 1986. Preliminary geomorphic evaluation of the Sacramento River, Red Bluff to Butte Basin. Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Contract NO. DACW05-86-P-0293. 45 p. Watson, C.C., Harvey, M.D., Gregory, D.i., 1986. Investigation of hydrologic, geomorphic and sedimentologic characteristics of the Lower Alabama River. Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineer,s Mobile District, Contract NO. DACW01-85-D-0018. 196 p. Laird, J.R., and Harvey, M.D., 1986. Complex response of a small chaparral vegetated basin to geomorphically-effective fire, El Oso Creek, Tonto Basin, Arizona. Report to U.S. D.A. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Tempe, Arizona. 192 p. Harvey, M.D., and Spitz, W.J., 1986. Investigation of the causes of timber mortality, Cooper property, Itawamba county, Mississippi. Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Contract No. DACW01-86-M-5018, September, 1986. 69 p. Watson, C.C., Harvey, M.D., Schumm, S.A., and Gregory, D.I., 1986. Geomorphic study of Oaklimiter Creek, Burney Branch, and Muddy Creek, in Benton, Lafayette and Tippah Counties, Mississippi. Section 1. Simulation of Oaklimiter Creek Evolution and Alternative Designs for Flood Mitigation. Report to USDA, Soil Conservation Service, MS, Project No. SCS-54-MS-83, June, 1986. 197 p. Watson, C.C., Harvey, M.D., Schumm, S.A. and Gregory,D.l., 1986. Geomorphic study of Oaklimiter Creek, Burney Branch and Muddy Creek in Benton, Lafayette and Tippah Counties, MS. Performance of Burney Branch and Muddy Creek Channel Stabilization Measures. Report to USDA, Soil Conservation Service, MS, Project NO. SCS-54-MS-83, 117 p. Anthony, D.J. and Harvey, M.D., 1986. Internal channel adjustments, velocity patterns, and bedload movement, 1986 field season, Fall River, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Report to U.S.D.I., National Park Service, Rocky Mountain National Park, November, 1986. 37 p. Harvey, M.D., 1987. Observations on the status of the tributaries to Dry Creek, Sonoma County, California, from Warm Springs Dam to Russian River Confluence. Report to USACE, Sacramento District, Contract DACW05-86-P-2744, February, 1987. 34 p. Harvey, M.D. and Schumm, S.A., 1987. Geomorphology and sedimentology of Sink Valley, Alton, Utah. Report to BHP -Utah International Inc., Alton Coal Project, June, 1987. 33 p. Michael David Harvey Page 9 PROJECT REPORTS (continued) Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C. and Peterson, M.R., , 1987. Recommended Improvements for Stabilization of Hotopha Creek Watershed, Mississippi: Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Contract DACW38-86-D-0062/3, April, 1987. 97 p. Watson, C.C., Harvey, M.D. and Peterson, M.R., 1987. Investigation of erosion and flood control alternatives for Batupan Bogue Watershed. Report to U.S. Armyu Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Contract DACW38-86-D-0062/5, July, 1987. 95 p. Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C., Schumm, S.A. and Pranger, H.H., 1987. Geomorphic and hydraulic analysis of Red River from Shreveport, Louisiana to Dennison Dam, Texas. Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Contract DACW38-86-D-0062/7, August, 1987. 226 p. Pitlick, J.C. and Harvey, M.D., 1987. Geomorphic response of Fall River following the lawn Lake flood, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Report to U.S. Army Laboratory Command, Army Research Office, Contract No. DAAG29-85-K-0108, June, 1987. 33 p. Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C. and Schumm, S.A., 1987. Geomorphic analysis of Sacramento River Phase I Report. Geomorphic Analysis of Butte Basin reach, RM 174 to RM 194. Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Contract NO. DACW05-87-C-0094, 303 P. Harvey, M.D., Watson, C.C., and Schumm, S.A., 1988. Geomorphic analysis of Sacramento River, Phase II Report. Geomorphology of Sacramento River from Colusa to Red Bluff. Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Contract DACW05-87-C-0094, 343 P. Peterson, M.R., Watson, C.C. and Harvey, M.D., 1988. Performance evaluation of channels stabilized with ARS-Type low -drop structures. Report to Waterways Expt. Station, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS. Contract No. DACW39-87-CO9921, 114 p. Harvey, M.D., Peterson, M.R. and Watson, C.C., 1988. Geomorphic and hydraulic engineering study of Sacramento River from Hamilton City to Woodson Bridge. Report to California Dept. Fish and Game and Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, 174 p. Anthony, D.J. and Harvey, M.D., 1988 Report for the 1987 field season, Fall River Research, Rocky Mountain National Park. Report to USDIk, National Park Service, June, 1988, 50 p. Harvey, M.D. and Fisher, K.J., 1988, Geomorphological and sedimentological characteristics of Sink Valley, Kane County, Utah. Report to Nevada Electric Investment Company, August, 1988, 86 P. r DELWAYNE R. NIMMO AQUATIC TOXICOLOGIST EDUCATION Ph.D. in Zoology (Limnology), Colorado State University M.S. in Biology, Wichita State University B.S. in Biology, Evangel College CURRENT DUTIES WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Serves as environmental chemist (aquatic toxicologist) for the Water Resources Division, National Park Service. This position was created to introduce risk assessment approaches for addressing toxic threats originating without, and in some instances within, parks. The goal is to determine the potential or actual risk of a chemical, waste, or practice to the environment or to humans. If toxic situations are discovered, mitigation will be implemented and monitored to follow effectiveness of the action. Case studies in or around national parks will be used to test risk assessment procedures. RECENT PAST RESPONSIBILITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Duties were with the Water Management Division with a classification of Aquatic Ecologist (aquatic toxicologist). Assignments included site -specific testing in the six regional states, review of state standards with an emphasis on Montana and Wyoming, and technical assistance --particularly in the area of toxics testing and water quality. Other duties included reviews of regional activities in acid precipitation, salinity, hazard -evaluation, and impact of complex wastes. Cooperative efforts are primarily with state standards enforcement, fish and wildlife, and health agencies. On a national scope, research effort is directed towards the use of Ceriodaphnia in effluent testing. Served as coordinator for Montana and Wyoming state standards reviews. PRESENT RESPONSIBILITIES COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FISHERY AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGY Activities are to serve on graduate committees, faculty advisory groups, research teams, and to teach courses in water quality with an emphasis on aquatic toxicology. Two recent projects involved studies on (1) use of laboratory populations of Ceriodaphnia tested with a chitin inhibitor insecticide and (2) methods development on culturing the marine mysid, Mysidopsis bahia, in artificial saltwater. DELWAYNE R. NIMMO i PAST RESPONSIBILITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 1979-1983 AND TECHNOLOGY, INC. (now ENSR Corporation) Was the Aquatic Division Manager and Senior Aquatic Toxicologist. Was responsible for directing and monitoring the professional and administrative performance of 19 aquatic biologists, fisheries biologists, and toxicologists within the division. Staffing, marketing, proposal preparation, financial and technical planning, project management, and client interface for aquatic programs were major activities. Other responsibilities included participation in national planning, policy formulation, and business development in aquatic ecology and toxicology for the company. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1968-1979 Experience included 11 years with EPA's Research and Development Laboratory, Gulf Breeze, Florida. Research was to develop methods for assessing long-term toxic effects of organics and metals on marine fishes and crustaceans. Methods in- cluded culture techniques, static and flow -through tests, acute and life cycle procedures, and methods for bioconcentration and food chain tests. Resulting methods have been used by various governmental and state regulatory agencies for determining the effects of (1) disposal of dredged materials, (2) pesticide and toxic wastes, and (3) effluents. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 1982-1983 Reviewed pollution -related programs in Egypt (1982) on behalf of EPA which included pesticide research at the Fayoum Laboratory (Lake Quarum), municipal effluents research at Alexandria, and oil pollution programs at Al-Ghardaqu (Red Sea). At the University of Alexandria, Dr. Nimmo assisted two additional EPA personnel in presenting a three-day short course on aquatic toxicology. A second review (1983) involved a review of a massive oil spill on coral and mangrove communities in the Red Sea and some factors affecting fish and shrimp production in the Fayoum. These programs have been finalized for a five-year cooperative program between the U.S. and Egyptian governments. REGIONAL EXPERIENCE 1983-1984 Conducted a workshop emphasizing biological testing to address site -specific water quality criteria, biomonitoring, and mobile bioassay for EPA Region VIII. Discussion included the use of Ceriodaphnia to test the toxicity of complex waters. A second workshop (1984) was national in scope and addressed methods for culturing and using Ceriodaphnia to test effluents. 2 • • DELWAYNE R. NIMMO TEACHING EXPERIENCE Taught two semesters of graduate courses in the Coastal Zone Management Program entitled "Impacts of Man's Activities on Estuarine and Marine Environments," University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 1977-1984. Presented a three-day course in Aquatic Toxicology (in association with EPA staff), University of Alexandria (Egypt), May 1982. Taught Environmental Toxicology and Hazard Evaluation, Colorado School of Mines/ Metropolitan State University, January -April Semester, 1984. Taught Aquatic Toxicology and Hazard Evaluation, Envr. 525. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. September -December 1986-1988. Taught Water Quality, FW-420, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. January -May, 1985-89. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Society of Sigma XI (Colorado State University) American Society for Testing and Materials Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Nominated for Board of Directors) and Vice President of Rocky Mountain Chapter. Colorado -Wyoming Chapter, American Fisheries Society PUBLICATIONS Nimmo, D.R. 1964. The role of inorganic and organic molecules in the main- tenance of the osmoconcentration in the hemolymph of Simocephalus. M.S. Thesis, Wichita State University. Nimmo, D. 1966. The role of inorganic ions in maintaining osmotic balance in Simocephalus. The Journal of the Colorado -Wyoming Academy of Science, 5 7 : 22 bstract). Nimmo, D.R. 1968. Osmotic balance in amphipods. Ph.D. Thesis, Colorado State University. Nimmo, D. 1968. Electrophoretic analysis of induced changes in the blood vol- umes and proteins of amphipods. The Journal of the Colorado -Wyoming Academy of Science. 6(1) 8 (Abstract). Nimmo, D.R. and R.R. Blackman. 1970. Physiology of estuarine organisms. In Progress Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Center for Estuarine and Menhaden Research, Pesticide Field Station, Gulf Breeze, Florida. Circular 335: 29-31. 3 • DELWAYNE R. NIMMO 40 Nimmo, D.R., A.J. Wilson, Jr., and R.R. Blackman. 1970. Localization of DDT in the body organs of pink and white shrimp. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 5(4) 333-341. Nimmo, D.R., R.R. Blackman, A.J. Wilson, Jr., and J. Forester. 1971. Toxicity and distribution of Aroclor 1254 in the pink shrimp Penaeus duorarum. Marine Biology 11(3) 191-197. Nimmo, D.R., P.D. Wilson, R.R. Blackman, and A.J. Wilson, Jr. 1971. Poly- chlorinated biphenyls absorbed from sediments by fiddler crabs and pink shrimp. Nature (London) 231: 50-52. Heitmuller, P.T. and D.R. Nimmo. 1972. A cage for exposing aquatic animals to bottom sediments. Progressive Fish-Culturist 34(2) 120. Nimmo, D.R. and R.R. Blackman. 1972. Effects of DDT on cations in the hepato- pancreas of penaeid shrimp. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 101(3) 547-549. Nimmo, D.R., J. Forester, P.T. Heitmuller, and G. Cook. 1972. Accumulation of Aroclor 1254 in grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, in laboratory and field exposures. Bulletin of Environmental ontamination and Toxicology. 1(4) 303-308. Nimmo, D.R., D.J. Hansen, J.A. Couch, N.R. Cooley, and P.R. Parrish. 1972. Toxicity and Physiological Activity of Aroclor 1254 to Several Estuarine Organisms. 164th Meeting American Chemical Society, New York, New York (Extended Abstract). Couch, J.A. and D.R. Nimmo. 1973. Cytopathology, ultra -structure, and virus infection in pink shrimp exposed to the PCB, Aroclor 1254. International Colloquium on Insect Pathology and Microbial Control and the Society for Invertebrate Pathology. Oxford, England, September, 1973 (Extended Ab- stract). Couch, J.A. and D.R. Nimmo. 1974. Detection of interaction between natural pathogens and pollutant chemicals in aquatic animals. Proceedings of LSU Sea Grant Symposium on Disease of Aquatic Animals, pp. 261-268. Couch, J.A. and D.R. Nimmo. 1974. Ultrastructural studies of shrimp exposed to the pollutant chemical, polychlorinated biphenyl (Aroclor 1254). Bulletin of Pharmacology and Environmental Pathologists, 11: 17-20. Couch, J.A. and D.R. Nimmo. 1974. Ultrastructural studies of shrimp exposed to the pollutant chemical, polychlorinated biphenyl (Aroclor 1254). Laboratory Investigations 30: 371. 4 DELWAYNE R. NIMMO Nimmo, D.R. and L.H. Bahner. 1974. Some physiological consequences of poly- chlorinated biphenyl -and salinity -stress in penaeid shrimp. In Pollution and Physiology and Marine Organisms. (F. John Vernberg and Winona B. Vernberg, eds.) Proceedings of Symposium on Pollution and the Physiologi- cal Ecology of Estuarine and Coastal Water Organisms. Academic Press, New York: pp. 427-443. Bahner, L.H., C.D. Craft, and D.R. Nimmo. 1975. A saltwater flow -through bio- assay method with controlled temperature and salinity. Prog. Fish-Cul- turist, 37: 126-128. Bahner, L.H. and D.R. Nimmo. 1975. A salinity controller for flow -through bio- assays. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 104: 388-389. Bahner, L.H. and D.R. Nimmo. 1975. Methods to assess effects of combinations of toxicants, salinity, and temperature on estuarine organisms. Proc. 9th Ann. Conf. and Trace Sub. in Env. Health. Univ. Missouri at Columbia, pp. 168-177. Nimmo, D.R. 1975. Prepared and presented testimony on the matter of the State of New York vs. General Electric concerning the discharge of PCBs in the Hudson River (Proceedings Published). Nimmo, D.R., D.J. Hansen, J.A. Couch, N.R. Cooley, R.R. Parrish, and J.I. Lowe. 1975. Toxicity of Aroclor 1254 and its physiological activity in several estuarine organisms. Archives of Environmental Contamination of Toxicology, 3(1): 22-39. Bahner, L.H. and D.R. Nimmo. 1976. A precision live -feeder for flow -through larval culture or food chain bioassays. Prog. Fish-Culturist, 38: 51-52. Hansen, D.J., S.C. Schimmel, D.R. Nimmo, J.I. Lowe, P.R. Parrish, and W.H. Peltier. 1976. Continuous -flow method for acute toxicity tests using fish and macroinvertebrates. In Bioassay procedures for the ocean disposal permit program. ERL, EPA,_�ulf Breeze, Fla. 32561, EPA-600/9-76-010. Hansen, D.J., A.J. Wilson, D.R. Nimmo, S.C. Schimmel, L.H. Bahner, and R. Hug- gett. 1976. Kepone: Hazard to aquatic organisms. Science. 193: 528. Nimmo, D.R. 1976. Prepared and presented testimony before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House of Representatives) on oversight to examine the impact of polychlorinated biphenyls and similar toxic substances on fisheries and wildlife resources (Proceedings Published). Nimmo, D.R. and L.H. Bahner. 1976. Metals, pesticides, and PCBs: toxicities to shrimp singly and in combination. In Estuarine Processes Vol. 1. Uses, Stresses, and Adaptation to the Estuary. Academic Press. New York. 5 • DELWAYNE R. NIMMO • Nimmo, D.R. Hansen, D.J., S.C. Schimmel, D.R. Nimmo, and J.I. Lowe. 1976. Static method for acute toxicity test using fish and macroinvertebrates. In Bioassay procedures for the ocean disposal permit program. ERL, EPA, gulf Breeze, Fla. 32561. EPA-600/9-78-010. Hansen, D.J., D.R. Nimmo, S.C. Schimmel, G.E. Walsh, and A.J. Wilson, Jr. 1977. Effects of Kepone on estuarine organisms. Recent advances in fish toxicol- ogy, symposium. Ecological Research Series, EPA-600-3-77-085, pp. 20-30. Nimmo, D.R., L.H. Bahner, R.A. Rigby, J.M. Sheppard, and A.J. Wilson, Jr. 1977. Mysidopsis bahia: An estuarine species suitable for life -cycle bioassays to etermine sublethal effects of a pollutant. Aquatic toxicology and hazard evaluation (ASTM) STP 634, F.L. Mayer and J.L. Hamelink, Eds. 1977, pp. 109-116. Nimmo, D.R., D.V. Lightner, and L.H. Bahner. 1977. Effects of cadmium on the shrimps, Penaeus duorarum, Paleamonetes pugio, and Palaemonetes vulgaris. In Physiological Responses of Marine Biota to Pollutants. Academic Press. New York. Hansen, D.J., S.C. Schimmel, D.R. Nimmo, J.I. Lowe, P.R. Parrish, and W.H. Peltier. 1978. Flow -through methods for acute toxicity tests using fish and macro -invertebrates. In Bioassay procedures for the ocean disposal permit program. ERL, EPA,Tulf Breeze, Fla. 32561. EPA-600/9-78-010. Nimmo, D.R. Dimilin. 1978. In Research Highlights 1978. U.S. EPA 600/9-78- 040. pp. 5-6. Nimmo, D.R., T.L. Hamaker, and C.A. Sommers. 1978. Culturing the mysid (Mysid- opsis bahia) in flowing seawater or a static system. In Bioassay procedures for the ocean disposal permit program. ERL, EPA, Gulf Breeze, Fla. 32561, EPA-600/9-78-010. Nimmo, D.R., T.L. Hamaker, and C.A. Sommers. 1978. Entire life cycle toxicity test using mysids ( Mysidopsis bahia) in flowing water. In Bioassay proce- dures for the ocean -disposal permit program. ERL, EPA, Gulf Breeze, Fla. 32561, EPA-600/9-78-010. Nimmo, D.R., R.A. Rigby, L.H. Bahner, and J.M. Sheppard. 1978. The acute and chronic effects of cadmium on the estuarine Mysid, Mysidopsis bahia. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 007-4361 19- 0080. Nimmo, D.R. 1979. Pesticides: their impact on the estuarine environment. In Marine Pollution: Functional Responses. Proceedings of the Symposium "Pollution and Physiology of Marine Organisms," Academic Press, pp. 454. Nimmo, D.R., T.L. Hamaker, J.C. Moore, and C.A. Sommers. 1980. Effect of diflu- benzuron on an estuarine crustacean. Bulletin of Environmental Contamina- tion and Toxicology, 22: 767-770. M0 DELWAYNE R. NIMMO Nimmo, D.R., T.L. Hamaker, J.C. Moore, and R.A. Wood. 1980. Acute and chronic effects of Dimilin on survival and reproduction of Mysidopsis bahia. Aquatic Toxicology, ASTM STP 707, J.G. Eaton, P.R. Parrish, and—l�'._C. Hendricks, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials. pp. 366-376. Cripe, G., D.R. Nimmo, and T.L. Hamaker. 1981. Effects of two organophosphate pesticides on swimming stamina of the mysid, Mysidopsis bahia. In Biologi- cal Monitoring of Marine Pollutants. Academic Press, Inc., pp. 21-36. Nimmo, D.R. and T.L. Hamaker. 1981. Hydrobiologia 93: 171-178. Nimmo, D.R., T.L. Hamaker, E. Matthews, effects of eleven pesticides on Biological Monitoring of Marine 20. Mysids in Toxicity Testing-- A Review. and J.C. Moore. 1981. Acute and chronic the mysid shrimp, Mysidopsis bahia. In Pollutants. Academic Press, Inc., pp. 3- Nimmo, D.R. (including multiple authors). 1981. Acephate, aldicarb, carbon- phenothion, DEF, EPN, ethoprop, methyl parathion, and phorate: their acute and chronic toxicity, bioconcentration potential, and persistence as related to marine environments. Environmental Research Laboratory (EPA) Gulf Breeze, Fla. EPA-600/4-81-023, 255 pp. Lee, R. et al (including D.R. Nimmo). 1982. Effects of pollutants on plankton/neuston populations in the New York Bight. In Ecological Stress and the New York Bight: Science and Management G.E. Mayer, Ed. Estuarine Research Federation, Columbia, S.C. Nimmo, U.R., T.L. Hamaker, E. Matthews, and W.T. Young. 1982. The long-term effects of suspended particulates on survival and reproduction of the mysid shrimp, Mysidopsis bahia in the laboratory. In Ecological Stress and the New York Bight: Science e and Management. G.E- Mayer, Ed. Estuarine Re- search Federation, Columbia, S.C. pp. 413-422. Nimmo, D.R. and Eugene S. Iley, Jr. 1982. Culturing and chronic testing of Mysidopsis bahia using artificial saltwater. Technical Report to Office of oxic Substances (TS-792). Environmental Protection Agency. 32 pp. Keefe, D.F., D.R. Nimmo, D. Baldridge, and G. Iley. 1983. Field evaluations and on -site toxicity testing: An assessment of habitat suitability - Arkansas River, Pueblo, Colorado. Aquatic Toxicology and Hazard Assessment: Sixth Symposium, ASTM STP 802, W.E. Bishop, R.D. Cardwell, and B.B. Heidolph, Eds. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia. pp. 216-238. Nimmo, D.R. 1984. Aquatic toxicology: an evolving science. In Toxicology Laboratory Design and Management for the '80s and Beyond. 7S. Tegeris, ed. Basel; New York: Karger. (Proceedings of conference held at Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Va., September 26-29, 1982.) 7 • DELWAYNE R. NIMMO Nimmo, D.R. 1985. Chapter 12 Pesticides. In Fundamentals of Aquatic Toxi- cology: Methods and Applications. G.M.Tand and S.R. Petrocelli, eds.H- emisphere Pub. Corp., New York. pp. 335-373. Nimmo, D.R., W.W. Wuerthele, D.G. Murphey, J. Bower, and F.E. Payne. 1985. Ceriodaphnia: their use as stream profile indicators of water quality in Whitewood Creek, South Dakota. Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Missoula, Montana. June 11-12, 1985. (In Press) Burton, A.B. Jr., D. Nimmo, D. Murphey, and F.E. Payne. 1987. Stream profile determinations using microbial activity and Ceriodaphnia. Environ. Toxicol. and Chem. 6: 505-513. Nimmo, D.R., D.L. Coppage, Q.H. Pickering, and D.J. Hansen. 1987. Assessing the toxicity of pesticides to aquatic organisms. In Silent Spring Revisited. G.J. Marco, R.M. Hollingworth, and W. Durham, Eds. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. 214 pp. Nimmo, D.R., D. Link, L.P. Parrish, G.J. Rodriguez, and W.W. Wuerthele, and P.R. Davies. 1987. Comparison of on -site and laboratory toxicity tests with ammonia: results of warm- versus cold -water exposure regimes. Proc. 22nd Ann. meeting, Colo.-Wyo. Chapter Am. Fish. Soc. pp. 71-87. Nimmo, D.R., R.J. Mirenda, and C.A. Carlson. 1987. Final Report, Feasibility of culturing and testing the mysid, Mysidopsis bahia, under artificial conditions. Submitted to EMSL, U.S.Cincinnati, Ohio. Cooperative Agreement CR811691010. 39 pp. Dodson, M.H., D.R. Nimmo, P.H. Davies, J.C. Greene, G.R. Phillips, and M.A. Kerr. 1988. Three case studies on the use of Ceriodaphnia as indicators of water quality in western trout streams. Proc. 23rd Meeting, Colo.-Wyo. Chapter Am. Fish. Soc. Nimmo, D.R., R.J. Mirenda, C.A. Carlson, and R.R. Williams. Culturing the estuarine mysid, Mysidopsis bahia using artificial conditions: a synopsis of three case studies. Presented at a symposium, Mysids and their impacts on Fisheries II, in conjunction with the American Fisheries Society, Toronto, Canada, September 14, 1988. (In Press) Nimmo, D.R., M.H. Dodson, P.H. Davies, J.C. Greene, and M.A. Kerr. Ceriodaphnia as indicators of mine drainage impacts in three western trout streams. Presented at 61st annual conference Water Pollution Control Federation, Dallas, Texas, October 3-6, 1988. (In Press) w, 0 • DELWAYNE R. NIMMO Nimmo, D.R., M.H. Dodson, J.D. Greene, R. McConnell, and M.A. Kerr. Discovery of toxicants in Colorado and Montana streams using "Biomonitoring" techniques. To be presented at the Colorado Water Engineering and Management Conference, Colorado State University, February 27-28, 1989. (In Press) Nimmo, D.R., D. Link, L.P. Parrish, G.J. Rodriguez, and W. Wuerthele. Comparison of on -site and laboratory toxicity tests: derivation of site specific criteria for un-ionized ammonia in a transitional stream receiving municipal wastewater. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. (In Press) 0 • • DELWAYNE R. NIMMO SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS/SEMINARS The role of inorganic ions in maintaining osmotic balance in Simocephalus. Colorado -Wyoming Academy of Science. 1966. Electrophoretic analysis of induced changes in the blood volumes and proteins of amphipods. Colorado -Wyoming Academy of Science. 1968. Localization of DDT in the body organs of pink and white shrimp. Florida Academy of Science. 1970. Significance of PCB in populations of shrimp from the Pensacola Estuary. (Eco- logical Alteration Panel) World Maniculture Workshop. 1971. Significance of a PCB found in shrimp from Escambia Bay, Florida. The Ecological Society of America 22nd Annual AIBS, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, August -September, 1971. Toxicity and Physiological Activity of Aroclor 1254 to several estuarine or- ganisms. PCB symposium given at the 164th American Chemical Society (New York), August, 1972. Some physiological consequences of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination and salinity stress in penaeid shrimp. American Society of Limnology and Ocean- ography, June, 1973. Cadmium and toxic organic matter interactions in estuarine environments. Pre- sented at a symposium entitled "Toxic Substances in the Environment: Ecological Contribution Toward Understanding Fates and Effects." 25th Annual AIBS, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, June 16-21, 1974. Sensitivity of pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum, to organic and inorganic toxicants, singly and in combination. resented at a symposium entitled "Microcosm and Experimental Ecology Research." 26th Annual AIBS, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, August 17-22, 1975. The use of Mysids in Toxicity Tests. Presented at the Biological Effects Program Workshop, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May 26-29, 1976. Dredged Material -Related Research at the Gulf Breeze Laboratory. Presented at the Dredged Material Bioassay Workshop, W.E.S.-Environmental Effects Laboratory, Vicksburg, Miss. June 16-17, 1976. Kepone: Its Effect on Mysids and movement through a laboratory food chain. Presented at a workshop on the fate and movement of Kepone in the James River and Chesapeake Bay systems. Virginia Institute of Marine Science. October 12- 13, 1976. Use of Mysids in Toxicological Research. Presented as a seminar to the School of Public Health, Columbia, S.C., November 13, 1977. 10 DELWAYNE R. NIMMO Mysidopsis Bioassays and Food Chain Studies. Presented at a symposium on Aquatic Invertebrate Bioassays. Co -sponsored by V.P.I. and A.S.T.M. Blacksburg, Va. September 27-29, 1977. University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida. Taught two semester graduate courses in Aquatic toxicology/evaluation of impacts of toxic substances (1977- 78). Dimilin: Its acute and chronic effects on mysid shrimp. Presented at the Tropical and Subtropical Fisheries Technological Conference, New Orleans, La. April 23-26, 1978. PCBs and Kepone: A case of mismanagement of toxic wastes. Presented at a Solid Waste Workshop in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. May 9, 1978. What can we learn from chronic bioassays? Northern Colorado. March 15, 1980. The use of mysids in biological testing. University of Wyoming. May 10, 1980. Faculty of Biology, University of Faculty of Zoology and Entomology, What is aquatic toxicology? Rocky Mountain Toxicology Symposium, Colorado State University. November 3, 1980. Effect of domestic wastewater on trout in Dillon Reservoir, Colorado (Poster Session). Sixth Symposium on Aquatic Toxicology (Sponsored by American Society of Testing and Materials). October 13-14, 1981. Toxicity of Copper and Silver in the Loveland, Colorado Municipal Wastewater on Aquatic Life in the Big Thompson River. Colorado -Wyoming Section, American Fisheries Society. March 12, 1982. Presented a three-day course in Aquatic Toxicology (in association with EPA staff), University of Alexandria, Egypt. May 4-6, 1982. "What is Aquatic Toxicology?" Talk presented to American Association for Labora- tory Animal Science (Mile high Branch). May 22, 1982. "Chemical Pollutants in Marine Waters." Two lectures in Biochemical Toxicology BC-461, Special Topics in Biochemistry, September 10 and 13, 1982. Colorado State University. National Association of Life Science Industries, Inc. Aquatic Toxicology, September 28, 1982. Arlington, Va. Insitu Monitoring Using Bioassays for Stream Standards. Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association. Colorado State University, October 11, 1982. Fort Collins, Colorado. 11 • DELWAYNE R. NIMMO 0 Effects of Elevated Temperatures on Marine Fish and Shrimp in the Persian Gulf (Poster Session). Seventh Symposium on Aquatic Toxicology (Sponsored by American Society of Testing and Materials) June 17-19, 1983. "Environmental Protection as a Career; the Federal Government as an Employer." University of Northern Colorado -Greeley, Colorado. Biology 491 Class. March 5, 1984. Approaches and Methodology. Eighth Symposium on Aquatic Toxicology (Sponsored by American Society of Testing and Materials) Development of Site -Specific Criteria for Un-ionized Ammonia at Rapid City, South Dakota. April 17, 1984. Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Site -Specific Toxicity Testing of Municipal Discharges in Region VIII. Seminar presented by the Rocky Mountain Association of Environmental Professionals and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Denver, Colorado. Aug. 10, 1984. EPA Perspectives Involving Water --Region VIII. Workshop sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Association of Environmental Professionals. Boulder, Colorado. Septem- ber 13-14, 1984. Review of Culturing Techniques, Mysidopsis spp. Mysid Workshop, Drottningholm, Sweden. Aug. 19-22, 1985. Environmental Aspects of IGRs in Laboratory and Field Studies with Some Observa- tions with Ceriodaphnia and Dimilin. Symposium: Some Regulatory and Registra- tion Aspects of Bioc ical and Microbial Pesticides). Entomology Society of America, Dec. 10, 1985. Hollywood, Fla. Ceriodaphnia: Their Use as Stream Profile Indicators of Water Quality in White - wood ree<, S.D. Presented at Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, June 11-12, 1985, Missoula, Mont. Pesticides in the Marine Environment. Burdick and Jackson Award Symposium -- Advances in Pesticide Metabolism and Environmental Safety. 197th American Chemical Society (Agrochemicals), Sept. 7-12, 1986. Anaheim, Calif. Ceriodaphnia: Their Use as Stream Profile Indicators of Water Quality in White - wood Creek, S.D. Symposium-Site-Specitic Water Quality Standards: Factors to be Considered. 116th Ann. Meeting American Fisheries Society, Sept. 14-18, 1986. Providence, R.I. Site -specific testing of un-ionized ammonia, Rapid City, South Dakota. Tenth Symposium on Aquatic Toxicology (Sponsored by American Society of Testing and Materials), April 14-16, 1986, New Orleans, La. Ecology and Sampling of Fish Larvae in Freshwaters--Subtopic, Toxicity Testing. Short course presentation, Colorado State University, Oct. 11-12, 1986. 12 DELWAYNE R. NIMMO Biomonitoring and Water Quality in the Rocky Mountain Region, Sierra Club (Pawnee Group), Greeley, Colorado. March 4, 1987. Ceriodaphnia: Their Use As Stream Profile Indicators of Water Quality In White - wood Creek, South Dakota. Presented at a symposium entitled "Bioavailability of Trace Metals," American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, August 30-September 4, 1987. Ecology and Sampling of Fish Larvae in Freshwaters--Subtropic, Toxicity Testing. Short course presentation, Colorado State University, October 14-15, 1987. Culturing a Marine Mysid Under Artificial Conditions (Workshop). Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, Florida, November 9-12, 1987. Comparisons of On -Site and Laboratory Toxicity Tests with Ammonia: Results of Warm -Water vs. Cold -Water Exposure (Poster Session). Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, Florida, November 9-12, 1987. Ceriodaphnia Exposed to Dimilin: Effects Noted During Life -Cycle Testing in the Laboratory TPlatform Session). Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemis- try, Pensacola, Florida, November 9-12, 1987. Comparisons of Toxicity On -Site: Copper and Silver Added to Municipal Wastewater vs. River Water (Poster Session). Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, Florida, November 9-12, 1987. Current Environmental Problems Not Being Addressed in the Rocky Mountain Region. Rocky Mountain Regional Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Laramie, Wyoming. May 21-22, 1988. Discussion of Water Quality Standards. Industrial Pretreatment Program Implemen- tation Workshop on Local Limits. Salt Lake City, Utah. June 6-7, 1988. Basic Toxicology and Risk Assessment. Industrial Pretreatment Program Implemen- tation Workshop on Local Limits. Salt Lake City, Utah. June 6-7, 1988. Risk Assessment Theory and Case Study of the Homestake Mine. Solid Waste Management Seminar, Solid Waste Management Association --Wyoming. August 16-18, 1988. 13 • DELWAYNE R. NIMMO • TECHNICAL REPORTS The following is a listing of technical reports authored or co-authored as a consultant. Summary of Aquatic Toxicity Tests with Altosid WD-10; September, 1979. Compilation of Publications Regarding the Toxic Effects of DDT and PCB on Penaeid Shrimp; November, 1979. Faunal Inventory and Habitat Survey of the Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colorado (High -Water Survey) (CF & I Steel Corporation); September, 1979. Rationale Against the Addition of Ammonia to the List of Toxic Pollutants (CF & I Steel Corporation); March, 1980. Determination of PCBs and Metals in Water, Arkansas River, Oklahoma; October, 1980. Chemical Analysis of Elutriates for 404 Compliance on Big and Little Sallisaw Navigation Channels Oklahoma; April, 1980. An Evaluation of Various Ambient Water Quality Parameters in the South Fork of the Coeur D'Alene River; March, 1980. An Evaluation of Various Hydrologic and Water Quality Parameters in the South Fork of the Coeur D'Alene River; April, 1980. Aquatic Toxicity Review (Arkansas River) --Prepared for the Pueblo Colorado Council of Governments; July, 1980. Flow -through Bluegill Bioaccumulation Study with #548-1; June, 1980. Absulum Rye --Grass Study Using C14 labelled #548-1 Material; July, 1981. Flow -through Fathead Minnow Early -Life -Stage Toxicity Test with CGA-64250; November, 1981. Acute Static Toxicity Tests with CGA-53250 and Various Carriers; July, 1981. Rainbow Trout 96-Hour Flow -through Acute Toxicity Test with CGA-12223; August, 1981. Toxicological and Ecological Evaluations of the Engineered Discharge Channel Alternative for the Upper Blue River Wastewater Management Plan; March, 1981. An Evaluation of the Benefits to the Arkansas River Assuming CF & I Steel Cor- poration Achieves Proposed BATEA Effluent Quality; January, 1982. 14 DELWAYNE R. NIMMO The Acute Toxicity of Six Experimental Flocculent Materials on Daphnia magna with and without the Presence of a Bentonite Clay; March, 1982. Flow -through Daphnia magna Chronic Toxicity Test with CGA-12223; July, 1982. Bluegill Sunfish 96-hour Acute Flow -through Toxicity Test with CGA-12223; August, 1982. Flow -through Fathead Minnow Early -Life -Stage Toxicity Test with CGA-12223; August, 1982. Determination of PCBs in Sediments from Arkansas River, Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo Area Council of Governments); January, 1983. "Rainbow Trout 96-hour Static Acute Toxicity Test with CGA-112913"; February, 1983. Bluegill Sunfish 96-hour Static Acute Toxicity Test with CGA-112913; February, 1983. Daphnia magna 48-hour Static Acute Toxicity Test with CGA-112913; February, 1983. Gammarus lacustris 96-hour Static Acute Toxicity Test with CGA-112913; February, "Crayfish 96-hour Static Acute Toxicity Test with CGA-112913; February, 1983. Chironomus tentans 48-hour Static Acute Toxicity Test with CGA-112913; March, 1983. Flow -through Daphnia magna Chronic Toxicity Test with CGA-112913; March, 1983. Flow -through Gammarus lacustris Chronic Toxicity Test with CGA-112913; March, 1983. Toxicity Studies on Aquatic Life: Copper and Silver in the Loveland Municipal Wastewater and the Big Thompson River (Larimer-Weld Regional Council of Govern- ments, Loveland, Colorado; January, 1984. Findings of Chronic Bioassays at Champion International Paper Mill, Frenchtown, Montana. May 13-June 12, 1985. Toxicity of Ammonia to Aquatic Organisms: Site and Laboratory Testing, Longmont and Fort Collins, Colorado, November, 1986. 15 Debra J. Moyer 5201 Greenview Dr. Ft. Collins, CO 8052= March 22, 1939 Laurie O'Dell 1912 Welch Street Ft. Collins, CO 80525 Dear Ms. O'Dell, I am writing to you with concerns regarding the upcoming Planning and Zoning Board meeting on March 27th for the Fossil Creek Design Center as well as subsequent development in the Fossil Creek Flood Basin. As you may or may not be aware, Dr. Mike Harvey has challenged the Drainage Basin Study. I am an obvious layperson as far as technical terms are concerned but the premise is that although the drainage study is well done in regards to peak flows it failed to take into account run-off from development and the subsequent damage to the creeks. A valuable example of this is Mail Creek in Fairway Estates. While it is true that the Arbor Plaza development did not affect the creek as far as peak flows, a walk around the creek and ponds (once suitable for swimming and wildlife) will clearly show there are many other factors that were not taken into account. We in Fossil Creek Meadows do not want to see this same thing happen to our creek and wildlife areas. The reasons behind the challenge was to get the City to address issues that are of concern to the Fcssil Creek Meadows homeowners i::stcad of settling for the standard "We don't have any policy covering that." The storm drainage department has, since this challenge, admitted that Dr. Harvey is right and is calling for a new (or additional) study that will take into account the things the first study failed to address. We have been told that it is the goal of the City to make run-off and water quality a top priority by 1992. I commend the storm drainage dept. for this but feel it iE not enough. With all the development being proposed in the Fossil Creel. Flood Basin at this point by 1992 Fossil Creol: could be destroyed. Until this new study is done developers are being allowed to develop under the guidelines of the current study, '.: the staff admits needs updated. in a nutshell this means: (1) The storm drainage dept. admits there are aspects of drainage that need to be addressed and are willing to look into a new study. (2) The storm drainage dept. is asking more of developers in an attempt to protect Fossil Creek from subsequent damage but until there are changes in both the study and policy they have no power to enforce their recommendations. (3) Unle,_�s development is stor)ped until these necessary chars_- are made Fossil Creek will end uD in as bad a condition as Mail Cree , if not worse. This is not acceptable. k Our creeks are valuable natural resources and yet we are aiiowing development to occur without proper guidelines to protect them. Storm drainage staff states that "if the creeks are harmed by development then the City will have to take care of them, when we have the money." That seems to be the way we do too many things with regard to development. There is a chance now to change this. Call for a moratorium on building in any area of town that will affect our creeks. (ie. Spring Creek, Fossil Creek, Mail Creek) Until we have a comprehensive drainage basin study, this seems the only sensible course of action. I would like information 'on how to seriously begin the process of callinb for a moratorium. I'm sure there are a large number of people in the City that will support this idea; those in the Spring Creek, Fossil Creek, Mail Creek areas to name a few. We feel it is wrong to continue to put dzveior ::ent first and care of our creeks and natural resources last. Thank you for your time and consideration on this matter. I look forward to nearing from you in the near future. Sincerely, cc: Planning and Zoning Board Steve Burkett Debra J. Mo ,I ----------------------- ----------- Laurie O'Dell 1912 Welch St. Ft. Collins, LO 80525 Dear Ms. O'Dell, Lois A. Termecr 2629 Ft. Collins, CO 80526 March 22, 198,9 I write to you in continued concern for the Fossil Creek Design Center. One of the conditions to preliminary aproval was an additional neighborhood meeting. At several meetings we as a neighborhood have attended, mead Drive has not only appeared and disappeared on plans, but hopped from one place to another. The last meeting (March 14, 1989) offered the propcsal to build a temporary access "being very careful to save most of our median/entry sructure". The land for Snead Drive would be donated by Mr. Heffrons group. Today the Planning Dept. tells us that to accomadate the temporar ,, access our median will be completely destroyed, the Snead Drive area is again uncertain, not yet donated. How can we be expected to keep updated on all these changes? Despite the meetings the neighborhoods concerns are not being met. I still consider the deceleration/acceleration lane on ')117 a hazardous and dangerous condition. As is, this acceleration lane sometimes requires all one can do to go fr^rr. - -�d -t,0o to �oir�i"'S traffic: in a safe many' 'leg,' �. ��.. � ..... .. ...e.. The u.. entry is not acceptable to me even in a "temporary" form. At tl e r iii—iiar•y- ^lanninz. and Zoning Soard rneet:r: no orl i+ nc p e 1 c .....Rio.. on a-ci• an. -1 ep y, �ern-= -%vere e v, i Jmilt b-T merrtNers as to the hei ht of this building and the obstruction it will nrodl_ice in our inn?rt-�l-.,-rhood. Tilis is ::til:.7-n issue. a c.. r,....i J. in addition. I have concerns as to the ppropriate pe' sisal of -'`- a' th pi elirn nar Y n:e'_ _..: i _ ;c`•i _'!C Y _r w,-;'= given a chance :tier While reighbcrhocd concerns were not given equal time. Ternrers wer_ _o :.ut on the part of the neighborhood and some mel r.ber3 of the Board that the neighborhood publicly cnasti7ed as wanting only birds and underground buildings. Statements like that do not reflect the neighborhoods stance in any manner. I question the value/validity of the p, elir:;itiary riieeting. In short, I believe: 1. This developer had neighborhood meetings to placate the Board and confuse the neighborhood. 2. There are far too many problems (traffic, access, height, drainage, destruction of median) to approve this project. 3. Preliminary meeting is questionable. I feel these are basis for appeal and if final approval is given will pursue that avenue. Thank you for your time. Lois A Termeer 21 y MM L 4 !989 Fred & Doi �5"0oT—south March 24, City of Fort Collins Planning & Zoning Department Sherry Albertson -Clark 300 LaPorte Avenue Post Office Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Dear Sherry, ot,h� McClanahan Cohege Avenue rrs;-' CO 80525-3867 1989 As residential landowners adjacent to the property proposed for rezoning on which the "Carpet Exchange" is planned to be built, we wish to make known that we have no objections. We feel that the proposed business would greatly enhance the neighborhood and meets the criteria for development in the area. The building would eliminate an unsightly, run-down structure that we have watched deteriorate over the years. It would also take away the chance of some unknowing young person from one of the many subdivisions located close by getting hurt while investigating that old house. Sincerely, Fred R. McClanahan Dorothy . McClanahan FRM&DLM/kmk • Mr. & 1Afrs. Gene Ritzman J 400 Parkway Circle N `Fort Collins, CO 80525 I -' u C ��- January 14. 1989 The City of Fort Collins Planning Dept., Development Ser. 300 Laporte Avenue P.C. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 Dear Linda Ripley, Tom Peterson and Staff, I am writing to express my opinions on a number of issues that will directly affect the value and liveability of my property in the Fossil Creek Subdivision. I. The proposed signal at the intersection of Fossil Creek Parkway and U.S. Highway 287 and the proposed straightening of Fossil Creek Parkway. I spoke with the captain of the State Highway Patrol concerning traffic and accidents at this intersection and he informed me that although they don't keep records for particular intersections, there are an average of 25 accidents per year in a 7 mile stretch between Fort Collins and Loveland. That same day I spoke with Ruth Clear of the City Traffic Division and she had only 1 accident recorded for that intersection from January 1st, 1988 through October 5th, 1988. Although we can't substantiate it, we have seen many accidents at that intersection in the 10 years we have lived here. The intersection falls at the lowest elevation along 287 in both directions. You are not aware of the dip until you have already crested the hill in each direction. Once at the base of it, you need to climb a hill in each direction to get out of it. I understand that the climb in elevation to travel west at this intersection to the proposed Pace warehouse will also be a substantial one. My question is how can the traffic department justify a plan that would stop traffic at the lowest point on 287 and expect it to safely climb out again in snowy or icy conditions? Twice in December, on snowy days, I called down to the city to invite someone from the planning or traffic department to drive down here. I don't know If they did, but if they did, they would immediately see the danger in asking traffic to stop there! It is like a skating rink! Let me recount a few specific incidences to illustrate this point. In 1981, a young woman by the name of Belinda Ward, was killed at that intersection when she was trying to brake to allow a car merging In her lane to do so. She hit a patch of wet ice and skid into an oncoming car. Not many years after that (1984 or 1985) we followed a school bus out of our subdivision. It turned to head north on 287, made it about 15 or 20 yards up the hill, then slid back down, jumped the curb and broke down the north sign to Fossil Creek Meadows. Last November 19th my son went to a birthday party. There was an accident at the intersection which completely blocked the entrance to the subdivision. The M so people who were bringing him home had to sit on College Avp. for 20 minutes waiting for the intersection to be cleared so they could get in. Because that intersection is our only means of ingress or egress, it really worries me that the situation could happen again. An emergency vehicle might not be able to get in or out, either from or to a single residence. and more importantly to Werner Elementary School, which is located on the eastern edge of Fossil Creek Meadows. I realize these plans are already incorporated into the South College Access Control Plan, but also know we had no say in these plans and an appeal process is in order. Nothing is ever written in stone, so I'm sending a copy of this letter to Rick Ensdorf, the City of Fort Collins Traffic Control Engineer, Elaine Spencer, the County Traffic Control Engineer, as well as the Regional Traffic Engineer with the Colorado Department of Highways in Greeley. The Pace Warehouse Proposal due before Planning and Zoning on January 23rd projects an additional 2100 vehicles per day into their establishment. There must be a better way to route all that traffic away from an already dangerous intersection. II. The proposed widening of Fossil Creek Parkway into a 4 lane arterial. Our subdivision is divided into 2 segments; single family homes and multi family units. In the middle of these, roughly parallelling Fossil Creek, runs the road (Fossil Creek Parkway) and a greenbelt which houses our subdivisions amenities: tennis courts, volleyball pit, horseshoe pits, baseball field, picnic area, playground and a walk/jog trail. According to Tom Peterson of the planning office, the proposed parkway will be approximately like East Horsetooth. I would definately not let my children cross Horsetooth, so feel we would lose access to our amenities. Unless, of course, the city would agree to put in an underground tunnel to and from our green belt which would allow safe access to the playground for kids to the north of the road, and safe access to school for the kids south of the road. It would seem a better idea to make a 4 lane arterial further south, through the commercial district, where no children would be placed at risk, and which would allow for access all the way east to Timberline. III. The proposed Pace Warehouse and the proposed Carpet Exchange Warehouse. I realize that these are planning and zoning board copies of this letter be am not opposed to either the Pace Warehouse In the two seperate projects before the . Therefore, I am requesting that placed in both projects files. I the Carpet Exchange Warehouse or proposed locations. What I am 4 M N opposed to is the clumping together of 3 such warehouses. `,ve already have the Fred- Scnmiat,Store, a 75,000 square foot warehouse. The Carpet Exchange Warehouse is being planned directly south of it, a 64,000 square foot warehouse generating 1900 vehicle trips per day. The Pace Warehouse is planned to be a 100,000 square foot building, open 24 hours a day, generating approximately 2100 vehicle trips per day with pole lights that will be lit 24 hours a day. I doubt any of you would care to live in the midst of such a myriad of warehouses, and I definately feel they, as a group, will wreak economical havoc on our property values. Why should any one neighborhood be subjected to all the negative impact buildings? Why can't they be distributed around the city so one area doesn't become the warehouse district? And, if you want a warehouse district, why not utilize some of the many business and commercial parks that have sprung up during the past few years? (such as the areas by Best, Target, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Lionel Playworld, or the already existing commercial area bordered by Trilby on the south and Skyway Drive on the north) I realize that this is a long letter, but I felt I had to address each of these issues. There are many other negative impacts of the above projects which I am concerned with: the impact on Fossil Creek and Mail Creek in regards to drainage, flooding, erosion,runoff, etc.; the environmental impact on our wetlands habitat; the possible destruction of a rich natural fossil deposit; compatability with the surrounding subdivisions; and a negative impact on the air quality in our neighborhood. Please consider seriously to disallow this strip warehouse development adjacent to our homes. We citizens need your support in this matter. 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Termeer 5201 Greenview Dr. Ft. Collins, CO 80525 226-4113 Date: January 14, 1989 To: Planning and Zoning Board P.O. Box 580, Ft. Collins, CO 80521 Re: Carpet Exchange and PACE Hardware I would like to request that you copy the enclosed letter to I'Aayor Ed Stoner and place one copy in the PACE f ile, and one copy in the Carpet Exchange file. Thank you. w 40 Mayor Ed Stoner 1918 S. Lemay Ft. Collins, CO 80524 Dear Mayor Stoner; Lois A. Termeer 5201 Greenview Dr. FT. Collins, CO 80525 226-4113 January 13, 1989 I write to you in concern for what I see happening in the City of Ft. Collins. I admire the City's goal to bring in new revenue in the form of new business. My concern comes in the trend I see taking place. As a former job developer in this city, I became very much aware that a majority of the positions available for young people and women (and even some men) were jobs at discount stores such as K-Mart or Target. These jobs are nearly ALL paid at minimum wage for a maximum of 20 hours a week with few or no benefits. This forces anyone wishing to actually live on wages into working two jobs in order to survive. If child-care is a question, it becomes a nearly impossible feat to maintain a household. We as tax -payers, the City and the worker all lose as women and children are forced to work such inadequate positions. I feel this trend is being continued in the encouragement of additional discount type businesses along College Ave. I encourage you to lead the City to consider more businesses that bring in outside monies rather than recirculate the already limited resources of the people of Ft. Collins as well as threaten the already established (competing) businesses. We need fiscally sound long term management of economic issues; businesses that pay real, liveable wages and provide benefits to aid a quality life style in Ft. Collins. My second concern lies in the air quality of the City. I hear appeals to not drive our autos and curtail our wood burning. I am eager to comply when possible, and yet find myself quite irritated as I watch encouragement of the use of autos as large discount stores locate further and further South, leaving Downtown floundering. I believe we must look to further encouragement of TransFort, to begin to see that dense development of Hwy 287 will only encourage more stopsignals, congestion and poor air -quality. I see the proposed PACE and the Carpet Warehouse project as infringing on both of these areas of concern. Current sites are obviously inappropriate to curtail poor air -quality. Not only are they in a basin area, they will bring in thousands of auto trips per day. (ES+IT'^�ate S '7 .-- r.. ,,, 71nn it ^�`, �!� �a� ` 1.1 _r A will bring traffic into the heart of the city. I suggest the PACE project would be most appropriate out near I-25, on Harmony Rd or perhaps on Mulberry. In either location they would not be inundating the South end of town further with the warehouse strip approach and encouraging additional travel within the city, thus adding to already poor air quality. cringe at the thought that College Ave may one day be another Colfax Blvd. I understand the City sees College Ave. as a regional access. I believe it possible to do that with a little more insight and concern for environmental and aesthetic aspects of growth than is currently being exhibited. I suggest development of the Environmental Management Plan as called for in 1979 in the Land Use Policies Plan and the Goals and Objectives for the City of Ft. Collins; the development of a plan to consider environmental issues in the planning of the city's future. Right now we have found no department of the City of Ft. Collins that uses air -quality or that can even begin to have a measure or gauge as how to include this in development proposals. This is, indeed, a lovely city in which to live. Twenty years ago, I lived in a city about this size 60 miles outside of Los Angeles. There I watched passively as the city grew in much similar ways as I see Ft. Collins. The air was most often clean, we watched the brown cloud of L. from afar as we grew. We were told WE didn't have a problem with autos, we just had an "inversion problem compounded by the location to the nearby mountains". I heard a Traffic Engineer the other eve express exactly the same words about Ft. Collins. Today I visit my former home near L.A. The air is putrid, and the congestion is unmanageable; I sin- cerely care enough for Ft. Collins to at least attempt to save it from the same fate. PLEASE begin to encourage the City Council and Planners to consider the air -quality and quality of life needs in the guidance of development in our Choice City ... I want to see it remain wonderful. I thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Lois A. Termeer, M.A. 6 5204 Groh Drive Fort Cols, CO 80525 January 12, 1989 Ms. Linda Ripley Planning Department City of ort Collins P. 0. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 Dear Ms. Ripley: This letter is written regarding the two projects adjacent to Fossil Creek Meadows on College Avenue, i.e., Carpet Warehouse and Pace Membership Warehouse. First I wish to address my concern about the "committee" who is calling themselves "Homeowners of Fossil Creek Meadows." They are not representing the majority of those who live in this area and I find them completely disorganized. Granted, we must be aware of the drainage problems, pollution, and safety in our city, but growth is inevitable. The Carpet Warehouse complex does need some work as to the height and mass of the south end and I believe this has been addressed and will perhaps be changed. As for re -aligning Fossil Creek Parkway, adding a stop light, and cutting the road through to Lemay Avenue, this has been known for some time. As president of the Fossil Creek Meadows Homeowners' Association for three years, I am quite aware that these things were planned. The "committee" seems to feel that we will have a freeway going through the area with cars traveling at a high rate of speed. With the school on Mail Creek Road and this being a residential area, I cannot see this being allowed to happen. The stop light is very necessary for this area. I will admit that I do not want to have the Pace Warehouse where it is planned. I am more concerned about the gas station with its tanks buried underground than the actual warehouse itself. We do have a very high water table here and since there is at least one problem that I am aware of in the vicinity of College and Swallow with leaking tanks, I do not want this to happen here. Also, an all night facility does add to the increased possibility of crime and vandalism not only to Fossil Creek, but Applewood and other residential areas close by. On a positive note and one I feel the group with whom you will be meeting should be aware of, many of us are pleased with the prospect of the parks 'being considered for our area. These will probably offset some of the "bad" things that are happening around us. 4 As stated above, I have been involved acommittee member and have been president of the Fossil Creek Meadows Board or' Directors. My employer is Poudre R1 School District and has been for the last twenty-one years. I hope you realize that many of us are concerned that we are being misrepresented. Very truly Mrs. Gwen cc: Mayor Ed Stoner yours, Hawley f 5205 Parkway Circle We#0 Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 go January 16, 1989 Linda Ripley P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 Dear Ms. Ripley: I am concerned about the proposed developments planned near the Fossil Creek Meadows subdivision. It is a very complex problem that has been divided into many segments as far as the City's Planning and Zoning Board is concerned, but I would like to address it as a package. 1. THE REALIGNMENT OF FOSSIL CREEK PARKWAY This is a residential community that has children crossing the Parkway many times during the day to get to school or the neighborhood park and greenbelt. Since installation of Werner School, there has been a significant rise in traffic on the road as well as the number of cars speeding along the Parkway. The realignment of this road will virtually split our neighborhood into two separate areas - neither having access to the facilities on the other side of the road. A possible solution would be to use CAJI or SMOKEY roads (2/10 of a mile to the south), as through roads to Lemay. This is through a business area and would not be as disruptive, nor would it adversely affect the property values of the area. It already has a frontage road in place and both roads are straight. A through road at the top of the ridge on flat ground will be a safety factor verses being at the bottom of the hill during icy conditions. Air pollution factors are a concern, also, as carbon dioxide is heavier and will settle into our valley. Fort Collins is already 13th in the nation as far as air pollution. We do not want to add to the pollution problem. 2. PACE WAREHOUSE The concept of a regional warehouse is a good idea and supporting Colorado based businesses is admirable, but the property location is bad. Again, we are at the bottom of a hill. Air pollution and traffic are of major concern. Access is very difficult due to the mistake made at Wal-mart when Mason Street was not put through as a delivery route. Straightening the road for a single business concern and disrupting the lives of 200 families in Fossil Creek Meadows is questionable. Land behind Best, Lionel Playworld, further south on College or east of Hewlett Packard on Harmony seem more logical as far as traffic patterns and accessibility by customers and deliveries. The size of expansion and the amount of asphalt is questionable in a wetlands area. It will disturb an important environmental community as well as add to water problems of the surrounding neighborhoods. Page 2 0 January 16, 1989 so 3. CARPET WAREHOUSE The size and height are objectionable in a residential neighborhood. Access to the business by our subdivision road is a concern for safety as well as our ability to come and go as we please. Asphalt parking lots create problems for water drainage in an already precarious area. It will have a major impact on the basements and crawl spaces of the neighborhood. Please consider these concerns and vote against the proposed changes. Development of these areas need to be done with extreme care. Thank you for your interest and willingness to make Fort Collins the community we are proud to live in. Sincerely, Sharon Panik 'Ov, "''F77 A January 18, 1989 Tom Peterson Planning Director ,Planning Department 300 Laporte Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 Dear Tom: The Board of Directors of Fossil Creek Meadows Homeowners Association (FC14HA) and the residents of our subdivision appreciate the recent efforts your department has made in granting us an additional opportunity for neighborhood input into the proposed Carpet Exchange and Pace Warehouse projects. This additional dialogue should create a better understanding between the concerns of our residents and the project proponents. One of the major concerns of the neighborhood is that future development will proceed without a comprehensive drainage plan. If this occurs there is the potential for serious drainage problems and accelerated runoff. Additional runoff from future development projects looms as a major potential threat to the natural environment in the Fossil Creek drainage. Without an up- front comprehensive drainage plan developers may be concerned only with their individual projects however, the cumulative effect of all these projects, when the area has been fully developed, creates the -potential for a disastrous environmental impact. L Page 2 see what has occurred within the Fairway Estates subdivision. Apparently the planning system did not require a comprehensive drainage plan and/or allowed an inadequate drainage system to be implemented in the vicinity of College Avenue and Harmony Road. Incidentally; our subdivision is also affected by some of the same drainage problems that impact the Fairway Estates subdivision. Downstream from Fairway Estates the increased runoff has caused severe streambank erosion in the reach of Mail Creek that Flows through our subdivision. In the future when our neighborhood becomes fully developed we do not want a similar problem to occur. Our subdivision is proposing that a comprehensive drainage plan be developed for the portion of the Fossil Creek watershed that extends from the western boundary of our subdivision to the railroad tracks located approximately 1/4 mile west of Highway 4287. At the very least this drainage plan should address (1) the amount of runoff (cfs) Fossil Creek can accommodate without causing downstream flood damage and excessive streambank erosion and (2) provide mandatory guidelines for future development projects planned in this portion of the watershed. These guidelines would insure there are adequate retention ponds designed to release runoff at a rate that does not cause extensive runoff and streambank erosion along Fossil Creek. The FCMHA would welcome the opportunity to participate; within our financial capabilities and through the contribution of in - kind technical expertise (in the fields of geology, hydrology, geomorphology, environmental biology, etc.); in the preparation of a comprehensive drainage plan for t_h_e portion of the Fossil Creek watershed near our subdivision. The Fossil Creek drainage plan that has already been developed, which,we believe from information received from the city, was done in 1980-81, does not appear to contain enough site specific data to provide the details we think are necessary to protect our neighborhood. Also this plan may not have taken into account the recent change in zoning or larger commercial development (which by necessity includes large paved parking areas) along the "South College Strip". The comprehensive drainage plan we are Page 3 projects are approved and should take into account all the present and foreseeable future runoff predictions that may occur in the upper basin of Fossil Creek. _The potential_for_excessive surface runoff into Fossil Creek and the request for a comprehensive drainage management plan will be two issues that must be discussed and resolved at future meetings. As a subdivision we have taken a personal interest in the reach of Fossil Creek that flows through our property. Our recreation facilities extend along both sides of Fossil Creek, Dr. Alex Cringan, CSU Wildlife Management Professor, has developed a wildlife management plan for our subdivision including the riparian areas along both Fossil Creek and Mail Creek, the FCMHA now furnishes trees and shrubs for our residents to plant and create additional wildlife--habitat,-and our subdivision -contains a butterfly species, the Two Spotted Skipper, that has been found in only three other locations in our state and is currently listed in Colorado as a species within the special concern -category.:__ -Annually in the spring the residents of Fossil Creek Meadows participate in a cleanup day that includes removing debris that has washed downstream or blown into Mail and Fossil Creeks. If we seem over protective of our streams and riparian areas its because we have, though neighborhood involvement, developed a respect for and enjoy the environments that Fossil Creek offers. We have made this stream an integral part of our subdivision and do not want to see Fossil Creek turned into a unnatural conveyance channel that moves runoff from improperly planned developed areas and/or sprawling "acres of pavement" that prevents natural .seepage into the watershed and artificially collects acres of surface waters that are then funneled into the chosest drainage. - t El 0 Page 4 - appreciaLe your -cooperation and we just want assurance there is a positive approach taken in planning a drainage system for the future development that will take place in our neighborhood. Please .keep _us _i nfarmed _about _the -progress of our request for the development of a comprehensive drainage plan for the Fossil Creek drainage. Sincerely yours, hZ4 C. U�!�� Rodney C. Van Velson President, -Fossil Creek -.Meadows Homeowners Association 316 Parkway Circle North Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 cc: Ed Stoner, Mayor Laurie O'Dell, Planning and Zoning Board Sanford Kern, Planning and Zoning Board Jan Shepard, Planning and Zoning Board Jim Klataske, Planning and Zoning Board David Edwards, Planning and Zoning Board _Rex_Burns, Planning.and Zoning Board Frank Groznik, Planning and Zoning Board -_ Lloyd:_Walker; Planning._and.Zoning Board Moe Mekelburg, County Commissioner _:—Linda Ripley, City Planning Department Bob Smith, City Storm Water Utility Department Harold Swope, President - Fairway Estates Mike Griffith, legal counsel MR BILL ALEXANDER 5104 GREENVIEN COURT FORT COLLINS CO 80525 ------ I� it January :I 1989 Linda fR.ipiey F':,0. moo;; t 930 Ft. Collins, CO 80522 Dear M!:-, Ripley, I am writing in regard to proposed development off of College Avenue along Fossil Creek, west of Fossil Creek Meadows. I am aware that there are plans for a Face warehouse on she west side of College and =or a carpet warehouse on the east side. i have several concerns about the proposed development and appeal to your sound judgement in their consideration. Eriefly, these concerns are: 1) asphalt and pavement in the form of parking lots and roadways on the floodplain will alter the rate and magnitude of rainfall and srowmelt runoff, which i,,;ill result- in gullying and metamorphosis of the stream channel do:wnstr acme and 2) we will lose and/or deface a significant portion of a major recreation:al., geological, ecological, and aesthetic resource: the creek and associated floodplain. Downstream Gullying and Channel Metamorphosis i am =, geologist by profession and can document and support the following discussion at your request. The addition of impermeable :avers (park:ing lots, roads, large buildings) along floodplains has �e fo±-ottjing effects: 1) increases the discharge in streams, ?) increases the pea.-: discharge :amount of flow during storms or heavy =.nowmelts) in streams, ?) causes runoff to start more quickly, and +) :pauses runoff to last longer. An increase in discharge, all other things being :held equal, will cause the stream to incise, or cut more deeply. The increased discharge and specifically the increased peal: discharge may cause the stream to change its channel configuration; it will widen by cutting into its banks and become less sinuous. This may cause the creek to undermine bridge abutments, and cut into the existing playground area in Fossil Creek. These effects can be seen first hand in Mail Creek (tributary to Fossil Creek) below Fairway estates. Increased discharge due to the construction of the Arbors (Walmart) has resulted in increased bank failure and increase in the rate of downstream migration of channel meanders through Fossil Creek: Meadows. These are just some of the immediate short term effects. It is quite possible that even more undesireable effects will result over the longterm. At the very least-1 developers should be required to conduct the necessary studies to hydrologically characterize this reach Of Fossil Creek and install necessary measures to mitigate the of+ect of their parking lots, etc and ensure that no incisement or ootentially destructive channel metamorphosis tat -:es place as a result of their construction. Loss of Recreational, Educational, and Aesthetic Resource. One needs only to look at the Spring Creek; drainage, the parkas, the recreational facilities (tit-:e trails, playgrounds, playing fields, etc.) which are located along its course, to envision the similar value that the Fossil Creek drainage holds for south Fort Collins. These drainages are a haven for waterfowl and a Multitude of =:Hall minimal life, not to !mention the native vegetation. The namesake of this drainage .ttests to its historic recognition as one of the best collecting tr_ for Cretaceous Fossils, documenting the existence of a -east shallow sea some 100-150 million fears ago. Some excellent specimens have been taken near the sites of the proposed warehouses. The Fo sil Creek. `galley is a ,major, if not the most significant, to-pographic fsature in the Fort Collins area east of the hogbacf;s. One can obtain a truly majestic view by standing on the ridge above the valley and looking west up the valley at sunset. There is something trulye magic about these valleys which have been carved over, literally; millions of years.. Yet as we speed along College Avenue between Loveland and Fort Collins, we usually don't appreciate this significance, until it's too late, after `we've f i fled it with warehouses. I. like you, am :proud of our town. And I *::now that your are dedicated maintaining the quality of life, facilities, and natural resources that make Fort Collins such a fine pace. The Fossil Creek: drainage, its entire coy erne from the hogbacks to the reservoirs east of town, is a valuable natural resource and should be sheltered from warehouse developirnent. This is especially true as we continue to grow to the =oath. It is important to preserve the fioodplain for recreational, educational, and aesthetic reasons and to protect the stream bed and banks from erosion and charnel metamorphosis which will be brought on by the addition of roads and parking lots on and near the floodplain. I urge you to consider these points. Please let are know if I can be of any assistance or provide further information. Sincerely, I Bill Alexander -2- • • January , 31'NJ9 _. Linda Ripley PUL -.-Box 51313 Ft. Collins, ME 99522 Gear Ms. Ripley: 1 am writing you to express my concerns in regard to the proposed PACE Warehouse and the Carpet Exchange Warehouse on South College Avenue. In the December 23th issue of the Triangle Review there was a column by John Pheiffenberger recalling the year 19M. Under the heading "Getting no Respect", he says, "Just when we felt that our image was fine and dandy, we lost out to Pueblo as the most livable county." He goes on to say that last year in Monett magazine's list of the 3130 best communities in which to live, Fort Collins fell from 137th to 225th. He says, "Gee, what the heck did we do wrong?" moved from Pueblo to Fort Collins three years ago and I think that gives me some insight into what you are doing wrong. In comparison: Pueblo is not a "strip town". With a population greater than Fort Collins, they do not have an air pollution problem because they do not have a traffic congestion problem, i.e. the concentration of traffic on College Avenue. The Fort Collins planning board is not looking to the future. As Fort Collins grows, so will the traffic problems in and around College Avenue. In contrast to Pueblo, Fort Collins is very much a "strip town", and that's a very negative image. In order to obviate that problem, the planning board should take steps now to change that and should consider steps to avoid an even biq ffiproblem in the future. Tie board should consider alternatives to the location of even more businesses on South College. The main north -south streets in the community are already congested. Why not consider east Harmony or east Horsetooth as alterna tijv i�avelopment sites that could break up some of the congestion on College? I am also concerned about the environmental impact on this area that the construct ion of these warehouses would have. If you look around our Fossil Creek Meadows subdivision, you will see many solar homes, both active and passive. I and my neighbors care about the environment and we appreciate the wildlife with which we share our neighborhood. These include great blue herons, rabbits, red tailed hawks, raccoons, owls and kingfishers to name a few. New construction and increased traffic can only have a negative effect on this fragile eco-system. The Fairway Estates area is currently suffering a negative environmental impact secondary to a new discount Luarehouse despite guarantees and assurances from the developer to the contrary. In short, before you approve construction and location for a new business you should give strong consideration to its effect on the city's image, the environment, and future population growth. Please look to the future. Sincerely, Sandy Snodderley 5213 Mai l Creek Lane Fort Collins, CO F 5 S i I C -An no ef-11 se 3dows Homeowfters Assoclation February C2",_19789 Planning and Zoning r2oard City of Fort Collins P.O. Box, 580 Fort Col 1 i ns, CO 8C-)C2' RE CARPET EXCHANGE P.U.D. FINAL Dear Board Members: The proponents of the Carpet Exchange project have met with our neighborhood on several occasions to discuss project designs. The Fossil Creek. Meadows Homeowners Association appreciate the efforts the Planning and Zoning Board and the City Planning Staff has made in mak:inq these additional meetings available for neighborhood input. In particular -these meetings have been helpful to help US understand the scope of this project. The overriding concern of the subdivision, related to building design, has been that we don't want our neighborhood turned into a "Warehouse District". Our subdivision realizes that development alone South College is inevitable. We look: for input from the Planning and "Zoning Board to guide future development so it blends into our neighborhood. However, at these meetings two issues, drainage/runoff and traffic, have not been resolved between the neighborhood and the project proponents. DRAINAGE In my January 18, 1989 letter (copy attached) to Tom Peterson, Planning Director of Development Services\Planning Department, I outlined the concerns of our subdivision regarding drainage and runoff issues. Apparently the concerns about future drainage/runoff problems have not been adequately addressed in the proposed Carpet Ex -change project. It appears the drainage plan for the Carpet Exchange project consists merely of getting the water into the Fossil Creek --. quickly soon as possible and let Fossil Creek solve the runoff problem. This is unacceptable to our subdivision because if all future aRevelopmEent proJeczs are allowed to continue this practice, Ad -cumulative effect of future storm drainage will be disastrous to downstream interests along Fossil Creed:. We are reiterating our request for the development of a site specific_ drainage management plan for our nei.ghtorhood. Quite simply W, - want an indication of what the cumulative effect of the total runoff into Fossil Creek: will be when the area between College Avenue and our subdivision is fully developed. It is interesting to look at the drainage upstream from Rolland - Moore Park in the Spring Creek drainage. I am specifically referring to the residential area between Drake and Horsetooth directly south of Rolland -Moore Bark. Several detention sites to temporarily contain surface water runoff are located in that area! apparently to protect downstream interests. Our subdivision look at this residential area, and others in they city, and wonder why this concept shouldn't be tried in our neighborhood. If the affects of Suture runoff are not planned before development occurs, Fossil Creek will be subjected to the same drainage problems that are now present along Mail Creek through the Fairway Estates subdivision. The Land Development Guidance System (LDGS) addresses our concerns about drainage in items ', 3, 1 1 , and 20. We risk: for your additional comei derati on and stucy ci tnase i t ms. TRAFFIC The traffic issues surrounding the Carpet Exchange Project remained an elusive issue at our neighborhood meetings probably because of the uncertainty of moving Fossil Creek Parkway and the entrance to our subdivision. This is somewhat understandable but the indecisiveness of the traffic issue makes the neighborhood uneasy. Some of this uneasiness comes from wondering: 1. If and when will Fossil Creek Parkway and our entrance be moved? 2. If our entrance is not moved before this project is completed will our present entrance be large enough and/or safe enough to accommodate the increase in traffic caused by this project? 3. The entrance signs to our subdivision are small and with a large commercial business using our entrance we are in danger of loosing our identity as a subdivision. 4. Assume Snead Drive is extended beyond the Carpet Enchanne, znol.md to the East and joins Fonnil Cron - Parkway at its present location. Is Fossil Creek Parkway wide enough to accommodate an intersection that wi i i ;":?quirs n snarp_r" than the normai ` O degree t'_lrn when _approached from College Avenue? 5. The median is narrow along the Fossil Creek Parkway. Will the Fossil Creak Parkway -mead Drive intersection raquire a left tern .lane? Obvi G't ; i v _ur aubdivision feels there are traffic _ mmues tho-: need additional consideration. Traffic issues regrading this proposed project are addressed in the LDGS ender i t2ms 4, 6, and 26. Given the uncertainty of the traffic issues a definite yes to these items would seem unlikely. The Fossil Creek Meadows Homeowners Association requests the Planning and Zoning Board to withhold final approval of the Carpet Exchange Project until the unresolved drainage/runoff issues and the uncertainty of t-.he traffic 7 snues are resolved. Sincerely; Oot'�� C. U4'r, Dego." poorey Q. Von VS10on President, Fossil Creek Meadows Homeowners Association 516 Parkway Circle North Fort Collins, CO 80525 cc Ed Stoner, Mayor Laurie O"Del.l, Planning and Zoning Board Sanford Kern, Planning and Zoning Board Jan Shepard, Planning and Zoning Board Jim Klataske, Planning and Zoning Board Rex Burns, Planning and Zoning Board Frank Groznik, Planning and Zoning Doard Lloyd Walker, Planning and Zoning Board Moe Meleleburg, County commissioner Tom Peterson, Planning Director Sherry Albertson -Clark, Planning Department Mike Griffith, Legal Counsel Harold Swope, President, Fairway Estates January 1.8, 1989 Tom Peterson Planning Director Development Services\Pl. anni ng Department 300 Laporte Avenue P . 0. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 Dear Tom: The Board of Directors of Fossil. Creel: Meadows Homeowners Association (FCMHA) and the residents of our subdivision appreciate tho recent efforts your department has made in granting us an additional opportunity For neighborhood input into the proposed Carpet Exchange and Pace Warehouse projects. This additional dialogue should create a better understanding between the concerns of our residents and the project proponents. One of the major concerns of the neighborhood is that future development will proceed without a comprehensive drainage plan. If this occurs there is the potential for serious drainage problems and accelerated runoff. Additional runoff from future development projects looms as a major potential threat to the natural environment in the Fossil Creel; drainage. Without an up— front comprehensive drainage plan developers may be concerned only with their individual projects however, the cumulative effect of all these projects, when the area has been fully developed, creates the potential for a disastrous environmental impact. Page 2 Our subdivision is very concerned when we look to the north and see what has occurred within the Fairway Estates subdivision. Apparently_the planning system did not require a comprehensive drainage plan and/or allowed an inadequate drainage system to be implemented in the vicinity of College Avenue and Harmony Road. Incidentally, our subdivision is also affected by some of the same drainage problems that impact the Fairway Estates subdivision. Downstream from Fairway Estates the increased runotf has causeo severe streamoank erosion in the reach of Mall Creek that flows through our subdivision. In the future when our neighborhood becomes fully developed we do not want a similar problem to occur' Our subdivision is proposing that a comprehensive drainage plan be developed for the pertion of the Fossil Creek watershed that extends from the western boundary of our subdivision to the railroad trackz located appraximately 1/4 mile west of Highway #287' At the very least this drainage plan should address (1) the amount of runoff (cfs) Fossil Creek can accommodate without & causing downstream flood damage and excessive streambank erosion and (2) provide mandatory guidelines for future development projects planned in this portion of the watershed. These guidelines would insure there are adequate retention ponds designed to release runoff at a rate that does not cause extensive runoff and streambank erosion along Fossil Creek. The FCMHA would welcome the opportunity to participate; within our financial capabilities and through the contribution of in - kind technical expertise (in the fields of geology, hydrology, geomorphology, environmental biology, etc.); in the preparation of a comprehensive drainage plan for the portion of the Fossil Creek watershed near our subdivision. The Fossil Creek drainage plan that has already been developed, which,we believe from information received from the city, was done in 1980-B1, does not appear to contain enough site specific data to provide the details we think are necessary to protect our neighborhood. Also this plan may not have taken into account the recent change in zoning or larger commercial development (which by necessity includes large paved parking areas) along the "South College Strip". The comprehensive drainage plan we are 11 • C I L_ Page- - proposing f should be adopted before additional development. Projects are approved and should taE::a into account all the present and foreseeable future runoff predictions that may occur in the upper basin of Fossil Creek. The potential for excessive surface runoff into Fossil. Creek any' the request for a comprehensive drainage management plan will be two issues that must be discussed and resolved at future meeting_. As a subdivision we have taken a personal interest in the reach of Fossil Creek that flows through our property. Our recreation facilities extend along both side_ of Fossil Creek, Dr. Ale- Cr i ngan , CSU Wildlife Management Professor, has developed a wildlife management plan for our subdivision including the riparian ar-?as -long both- Fossil Greek and Mail Creek,, the t rtlHA now furnishes trees and shrubs for our residents to plant and create additional wildlife habitat, and nur subdivision contains a butterfly species, the Two Spotted Skipper, that has been found in only three other locations in our state and is currently listed in Colorado as a species within the special concern category. Annually in the spring the residents of Fossil Creek Nzadcw= participate in a cleanup day that includes removing debris Lhat has washed downstream or blown into Mail and Fossil Creeks. If we seem over protective of our streams and riparian areas its because we have, though neighborhood involvement, developed a respect for and enjoy the environments that Fossil Creek offers. We have made this stream an integral part of our subdivision and do not want to see Fossil Creek turned into a unnatural conveyance channel that moves runoff from improperly planned developed areas and/or sprawling "acres of pavement" that prevents natural seepage into the watershed and artificially collects acres of surface waters that are then funneled into the closest drainage. Page .}. The t=CMHA Board of Directors and the residents in our subdivision _appr2cictte tjour Cooperation and we Just want assurance there i_l a Positive `approzich tabf.en in planning a drainage system for the F UtUr ? develcoment that ',,Jill tal.:U ^lz,.c _' in our n—Lahbornood. Please keep us informed about the progrE�ss of our r0r-jUest for the deve1cpmtn- tof a compreh(:'n ive dralnaa pl._,n For i_hr� Fo'.-�511 fir'?el' Sincerely yours, Rooney L. Van Velson President, Fossil Creel, Meadows Homeowners Association =16 Parkway Circle North Fort Collins, Colorado S�?5?5 cc: Ed Stoner, Mayor Laurie O'Dell, Planning and Zoning Hoard Sanford ::::ern, Planninq and Zoning Board Jan Shepard, Planning and Zoning Board Jim F-%`latzksk:e, Planning and Zoning Board David Edwards, Planning and Zoning Hoard Rex Burns, Planning and Zoning Board Frank Groznik, Planning and Zoning Hoard Lloyd Walker, Planning and Zoninq Board Moe Mekelburg, County Commissioner Linda Ripley, City Planning Department Bob Smith, City Storm Water Utility Department Harold Swope, President - Fairway Estates alike Griffith, legal counsel. A Ll Sherry Albertson -Clark Planning Department 300 LaPorte Ave, P.G. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Senior Planner: DAVID F. COSTELLO 4965 HOGAN DRIVE FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80525-3704f 303 226-3537 80522 0580 February 13, 1989 Thank you for sending the notice of a proposed development known as Fosil Creek Design Center PIID, Case Number 94-88A even though we do not live within 500 feet of the project. This 500 feet is a misnomer. The tax impact of new people coming into our territory affects everyone who lives--ithin the Poudre R-1 school district and those of us who get increased charges for water rent and other increases caused by "Development". If you pay real estate taxes, ,you too are affected even though you do not live within 500 feet of the project. This urge to increase development is akin to Governor Romer's crusade to bring more people, more industry, more business to Colorado which tends to make Colorado a second California. More people mean more schools. ire have a lot of schools now with administrators who draw outlandish salaries. More schools mean more taxes. The average new family brings approximately three school -age children to Fort Collins. The cost for these three is approximately w121000 per year to put them in school. The parents pay possibly 81,000 property taxes for Poudre R-1. We who have no school -age children, which is true for most residents of Fairway Estates, pay the remaining tax. Years ago we placed our children, who now are adults, in private schools, paid their tuition and did not cost the tax payers a cent. But at the same time we paid to put other people's children in school. Now after LO years we are still paying for them. More industry, more business (which competes with business already here) and more people increase pollution, road damage, crime, horrendous traffic problems, and water use (For example, the brewery in Fort Collins is producing more sewage than the city can purify). More water means more Two Forks dams to ruin the environment. 'IT.e still remember the beauty of Colorado 50 ,years ago. Let's stop destroying what we have left. filer, truly yours, �c��G' avid F. Costello Cecilia C. Costello FEB 16 1989 Ms Sherry Albertson -Clark You should read some of the books on what man is doing to the world in which we live. A very recent one is ECOLOGY AND OUR ENDANGERED LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM by Eugene P. Odum. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Sunderland, Massachusetts 01375. Copyright 1939. Did you see the picture on TV yesterday showing the "Brown Cloud" over Phoenix, Arizona? David F. Costello, Professional Ecologist 0 February 20, 1989 Gwen Bell 400 Greenvale Dr. Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 Planning and Zoning Board P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522-0580 Dear Planning and Zoning Board Members: I am writing in regard to the Design Center project, formally Carpet Exchange Warehouse. Upon the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Board, a neighborhood meeting was held on January 18, 1989. I attended the meeting hoping that specific questions would be answered and that the applicant would be agreeable to certain suggestions which would make the project more compatible with the Fairway Estates and Fossil Creek Meadows neighborhoods. The most important issues effecting our neighborhoods, drainage, building height, and traffic and street plans were either left unanswered or were glossed over with unclear and inadequate responses hinging on unknowns. In fairness to the Design Center people, I understand that the Fossil Creek Homeowners President was contacted several days ago regarding some changes that have been made. However, problems still exist, and my purpose in writing is to once again raise these questions in the hope that due consideration will be given to these issues and that the Design Center will not be given final approval until these details have been clearly worked out to the mutual benefit of all those involved. One glaring problem is that the Design Center is a phased project. This fact creates many problems and leaves a very unsettled feeling regarding the interim and eventual outcome. It seems unfair to ask a neighborhood to give approval to a project with no guarantees as to whether the future businesses occupying the space will in fact conform to the original conception. Additionally, the space may sit indefinately vacant as a large number of Fort Collins retail spaces currently do. The interim arrangements need to be viewed with extreme care as it is also possible that the project would remain unfinished. Much discussion ensued regarding drainage with no adequate solutions generated at the time, but with many assurances that a plan would be developed. It would certainly be an easier task if Fossil Creek Meadows subdivision did not exist. However we are here and a very real concern exists regarding water in our basements and crawl spaces. Additionally our homeowners association has contributed time, energy, and money to maintain Fossil Creek because of the value we place on it in our community. Given the dynamics of this basin/flood plain, I feel it is a reasonable request to have a comprehensive drainage study undertaken for the entire area. We have already seen the severe degradation to Mail Creek because of the inadequate forethought preceding the Target and Wall Mart projects. The area also suffers from the inadequate drainage arrangements resulting from the Fred Schmidt project. I believe that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" in this important matter! Traffic and road plans are very confusing at best! With this project estimated to bring into the neighborhood 1,900 vehicles per day, it would only make sense to have a well thought out interim and final plan. I feel very strongly that the temporary access on Highway 287 will be very dangerous. It is creating a situation similar to the Pay N' Pak area at Horsetooth and College, only cars will be traveling fifty-five miles per hour instead of thirty-five miles per hour. I realize that this is a planned right in/right out, but how many folks will know that they should access the Carpet Exchange Warehouse from the rear, by turning at Fairway Lane, then going behind Fred Schmidt on Snead Drive. When discussing this matter with a city planner I was told that people will learn through trip repetition. How many trips per year do you make to a carpet warehouse? Also concerning this access, residents of Fossil Creek Meadows use the right hand lane to accelerate uphill to join the fifty-five mile per hour traffic flow, and with this plan other motorists will be using the same lane to slow down to make a right turn into the Design Center. Then there is the matter of Snead Drive. Homeowners along the front row of the subdivision are being asked to accept a circulation road in their back yards. Apparently this road will eventually be completed to Fossil Creek Parkway by developers. How many residential communities share their only access with commercial development? Why couldn't the Design Center and all future development share one common access point, perhaps at Fred Schmidts? I think an established commercial development could help take on some of the burden that is being placed on the backs of a residential community. Last but not least is the building itself. It is unfortunate that Fred Schmidt came into our area because up until that point all commercial development had been to scale and compatible with the adjacent residential neighborhoods. The height and bulk of the Fred Schmidt building totally overpowers the basin. Now we are being asked to bow to yet another dominating structure. I would like to see this trend reversed with the Design Center project. It is inappropriate to continue to allow such large projects to obsure the basin and adjacent residential property. Specifically, I would like to see the building height brought down to fit the scale of the basin and adjacent neighborhoods. I understand that the building has been lowered five to eight feet in some places. This is certainly a commendable start, however a building height of approximately forty feet is still too much! It would seem that the building could be stepped down the hillside, instead of becoming larger. Discussion at the neighborhood meeting indicated no necessity for the building height other than that's the way the architects rendered it and economic need. I can certainly appreciate wanting to get the most for your dollar investment, but if that is a rationale, why shouldn't consideration be given to the negative impacts both emotional and financial to homeowners when a project is insensitive to neighborhood compatibility. Scaling the building down would make more tolerable the ugliest part of the building, the east side, which will face the back yards of many Fossil Creek Meadows residents. A forty foot concrete mass is not very visually exiting. Would you like to sit in your backyard and see the back of a commercial building? I ask that the Planning and Zoning Board as representatives for the City of Fort Collins, establish an approach to development projects that will explore fully and accurately all issues so that mistakes such as those in the Spring Creek area do not need to be amended in future at tremendous cost to city taxpayers. It does not seem unreasonable to ask for high standards from developers if we truly respect the value of our finite land resources. We all ultimately pay the price for this "put it in, 0 • fix it later" approach. Why set ourselves up be solved now with patience and a spirit of vision among developers, neighborhoods, and Again I ask that final approval not be given problems cited have been honestly addressed headings in the LDGS. Sincerely, Gwen Bell CC:Planning and Zoning Board Fort Collins City Council Larimer County Commissioners for future problems which cooperation and creative the City of Fort Collins? to the Design Center until under the appropriate can all 0 FEB 2 3 !�89 Mr. Denny Odette 1 133 S. Platte River Dr. Denver, CO 80223 Dear Mr. Odette: Ward Luthi P.O. Box 1 186 Ft. Collins, CO 021189 80522 Recently your architects met with our community group to discuss the proposed development called "Fossil Creek Design Center". Prior to this meeting, your project had received preliminary approval from the Planning & Zoning Board. We have some major concerns with the attitude of your representatives towards our group and our concerns. We hope they are not expressing your attitude towards our community and its residents. As a group, we are not against development. We are seriously concerned though with the type and quality of development and the impact it will have on our communi ty i n both the i mmedi ate and 1 ong range f uture. The concerns we presented to your representatives were reasonable, but it was made clear to us that you were against any further changes, and to our knowledge, no project revisions have been made since our last meeting. We feel that none of the revisions would significantly affect the economic viability of your project but would significantly lessen the environmental and aesthetic impact to the surrounding neighborhoods as well as the community. Without some mitigation on the points listed above, we cannot support f i nal approval of thi s pro j ect or the addi ti onal developments slated for that parcel. • %ale are concerned that developers, owners, or architects who do business in our city are, good neighbors as yell. During our last meeting with your representatives, the head of the architectural firm turned to the city planner on the project and clearly_ stated "What a bunch of stupid questions." We assume that he also feels we are a bunch of stupid people and that he and his firm, and you by implication, can do whatever they grant in our community or its surrounding areas with complete disregard for community concerns. We would have a difficult time supporting any development by either Hunter or yourself if that indeed represents the attitude towards our community and its residents. We hope you are concerned with quality development and the future quality of 11 f e i n our communi ty_, as we] l as i n your own, and ;hri 11 meet w! th us to discuss the proposed changes. I can be reached at (303) 224-0449, or leave a message, to arrange a convenient time to meet. Thank you for your time and consi derati on. Sincerely, A)� lqt4i Ward Luthi * copied to Ch. 9, Ch. 14, Mayor Ed Stoner and Council, Planning & Zoning Board, Coloradoan, Triangle Review, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, High Country News. 0 0 O ��-- U. IygR 0 ;58q 4a� hLr'--� VV VIA - .ADO RADON ' Engineering J 5104 Greenview Court • Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 0 303/223-9755 • 0 February 21, 1989 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: My husband and I are owners of the property located at S213 Fossil Ridge Drive, Ft. Collins, CO. This property is one that would be directly affectly be a proposed service road into the Carpet Warehouse. We are opposed to the service road because of the disturbances which would undoubtedly occur due to traffic all day long. Sincerely, Donna J. Young ` FEB 2 8 0 Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING & TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS Offices in Denver and Colorado Springs November 22, 1988 Mr. Kenneth P. Goff Hunter Architecture Group, Ltd. 5378 Sterling Drive Boulder, CO 80301 Dear Mr. Goff: • 1889 York Street Denver, Colorado 80206 (303) 333-1105 RE: Traffic Impact Report. The Carpet Exchange Fort Collins, CO ( r,SC *881.130 ) In accordance with our agreement, we are pleased to submit our report of the traffic imparts associated with the proposed Carpet Exchange project in Fort Collins, Colorado. This report provides a summary of existing and future roadway and traffic conditions in the vicinity of the development, estimates of the amount and directional distribution of vehicular traffic to be generated, and an evaluation of the ability of the future roadway system to accommodate the traffic. The following summarizes our findings. Introduction and Background The Carpet Exchange is a planned, 3.2-acre retail sales complex for home improvement merchandise. The proposed development will include approximately 64,000 square feet of floor area. The purpose of the project is to provide space for the sale of home improvement items to the public at discount prices. The complex will include an approximate 20,000-square- foot furniture store, an 18,000-square-foot carpet store, and miscellaneous other home improvement stores including paint stores, wallpaper stores, drapery shops, etc. The location of The Carpet Exchange is shown in Figure 1. It will be located on the east side of South College Avenue approximately 3,000 feet south of Harmony Road. The site will he adjacent to, and immediately south of, the existing Fred Schmid appliance store. Existing Traffic Conditions The Carpet Exchange center will have about 460 feet of frontage along South College Avenue. College Avenue (US Highway 287) is an 88- to 96-foot wide major arterial roadway with two moving lanes in each direction, a 16- to 20-foot wide painted median, and a continuous right -turn lane along each side of the roadway. It has complete curb and gutter construction along Transportation Systems • Transit • Parking • Vehicular Access • Pedestrian & Bicycle Planning • Traffic Operations & Safety • Signal Design • Traffic Impact Studies • • Mr. Kenneth P. Goff the edges of the pavement miles per hour. Page 2 November 22, 1988 The speed limit along College Avenue is 50 As shown in Figure 1, The Carpet Exchange site is located midway between existing, full -movement intersections at Fairway Lane and Fossil Creek Parkway. The northern site boundary is about 400 feet south of the Fairway Lane intersection; the southern boundary is about 150 feet north of the Fossil Creek Parkway intersection. Figure 1 also shows estimated 1988 average weekday traffic volumes along College Avenue, together with the results of recent peak -hour turning -movement traffic counts at the intersection of College Avenue and Fossil Creek Parkway. The peak -hour counts verify that the estimated average daily traffic along College Avenue in the vicinity of the site is approximately 27,000 vehicles per weekday. Future Traffic Conditions The section of South College Avenue from Harmony Road south to Trilby Road is part of a comprehensive corridor study now under way by the City of Fort Collins. The purpose of this study is to develop a master plan for the corridor, establishing the location of major intersections which would be signalized, together with the locations and characteristics of minor intersections which may be allowed between the signalized intersections. In the vicinity of The Carpet Exchange site, it appears that the Corridor Study will recommend potential future signalized intersections at Fairway Lane north of the site and at a relocated intersection between College Avenue and Fossil Creek Parkway. This latter intersection would be located approximately 300 to 400 feet south of the present intersection. The City's preferred access plan for South College Avenue is shown in Figure 3. In addition to the access control plan along College Avenue, the Corridor Plan envisions the construction of a system of east and west reliever roadways parallel to College Avenue and set back a distance of 200 to 300 feet or more from College Avenue. In the vicinity of the site, Snead Drive, which is an existing short north -south roadway along the east side of the Fred Schmid store, would be extended southward to Fossil Creek Parkway along the rear, or east boundary, of The Carpet Exchange stores. Thus, future access to The Carpet Exchange could be provided from both the Fossil Creek Parkway and Fairway Lane full -movement access (FMA) points. Traffic Generation The Carpet Exchange Center, with 64,000 square feet of gross floor area, is planned to contain a 20,000-square-foot furniture store, an 18,000-square-foot carpet store, and other smaller stores featuring paint, wallpaper, drapery, and other home improvement types of merchandise. Traffic -generation rates for these kinds of uses typically range from a low of less than five trips per 1,000 square feet for typical furniture stores to a high of over 50 trips per 1,000 square feet for paint and hardware stores. Because the exact mix of stores is not known, and generation rates Mr. Kenneth P. Goff Page 3 November 22, 1988 have not been established for shops such as drapery and wallpaper stores, a composite traffic -generation rate has been assumed for the whole complex. As shown in Table 1, it is estimated that the complex would generate about 30 trips per 1,000 square feet per day. During the morning peak hour, about 0.5 trips per 1,000 square feet would be generated and during the afternoon peak hour, approximately 4.5 trips per 1,000 square feet would be generated. These estimates represent reasonable rates, probably on the high or conservative end, for estimating traffic associated with The Carpet Exchange stores. Based upon these generation rates, the Carpet Exchange complex would generate approximately 1,900 vehicle -trips on an average weekday. The evening peak -hour traffic associated with the complex would be heaviest with approximately 290 vehicle -trips generated during that time. Distribution of Generated Traffic The Carpet Exchange stores, as specialty retail stores, will have a regional draw within both Loveland and Fort Collins. Thus, the directional distribution of traffic to the north and south is expected to be about 60 percent to the north and 35 to 40 percent to the south. Assuming that Fossil Creek Parkway will be extended eastwardly to Lemay Avenue, a minor amount of traffic, two to five percent, has been assigned to that direction. Site Access and Resultant Traffic Volumes Because of the preliminary nature of the access control plan for South College Avenue, and the undeveloped state of much of the surrounding property and roadway systems, two different access systems have been planned for The Carpet Exchange stores. Figures 4 and 5 illustrate the initial access plan while Figures 6 and 7 illustrate the ultimate access plan. In each case, Figures 4 and 6 illustrate the directional distribution of generated traffic associated with each access plan while Figures 5 and 7 illustrate the assigned morning and evening peak -hour traffic. Initially, it is planned to serve The Carpet Exchange site with a temporary roadway extension to the site from existing Fossil Creek Parkway. This extension, through property not a part of The Carpet Exchange site, would be located approximately 100 feet east of College Avenue, as shown in Figure 4. This temporary access road would provide access to Fossil Creek Parkway which now has full access at the College Avenue intersection. In addition to the temporary access road, the site would be served with a temporary right -in, right -out access along the north boundary of the site. Figure 6 illustrates the ultimate access plan following the relocation of Fossil Creek Parkway to a point approximately 300 feet south of the existing alignment. In conjunction with this realignment, it is planned to extend Snead Drive to the south to intersect with the realigned Fossil Creek Parkway. Under the provisions of this plan, there would be a 0 • Mr. Kenneth P. Goff Page 4 November 22, 1988 right -in, right -out access to The Carpet Exchange development on the south boundary of the development. The primary access to the site would be by way of the Fossil Creek Parkway intersection with direct service to the site from Snead Drive. Snead Drive to the north would also provide access to the site by way of the Fairway Lane intersection located on the north side of the Fred Schmid store. As shown in Figure 6, the right -in, right -out access would provide for about 60 percent of the exiting traffic and 33 percent of the entering traffic. When the traffic distribution percentages of Figures 4 and 6 are applied to the generation amounts in Table 1, the corresponding morning and evening peak -hour traffic volumes at the access points can be calculated. These are shown in Figures 5 and 7 for the initial and ultimate access plans, respectively. Future Background Traffic Estimated Year 2010 traffic on the roadway system in the vicinity of The Carpet Exchange is depicted in Figure 8. Because of the retail nature of this site, only evening peak -hour traffic volumes have projected, because they represent the "worst case" situation relative to traffic operations. On College Avenue, traffic volumes are estimated to be in the 1,900 to 2,300 vehicles per hour range which is equivalent to an average weekday traffic volume on this roadway of 40,000 to 42,000 vehicles per day. Traffic, volumes at the intersection of College Avenue and relocated Fossil Creek Parkway assume full development on all four quadrants of this intersection. Traffic_. Impacts When site -generated traffic is added to background traffic, the resultant total traffic volumes can be determined. These are illustrated in Figure 9, which shows traffic volumes associated with the ultimate access system for The Carpet Exchange. As shown in Figure 9, traffic volumes generated by The Carpet Exchange will constitute about 2 percent of the traffic on College Avenue south of Fossil Creek Parkway and from 2 to 3 percent of the traffic on College Avenue north of Fairway Lane. On Fairway Lane, Carpet Exchange traffic will constitute about 12 to 13 percent of the total traffic while on Snead Drive east of the site, the site -generated traffic will constitute about 15 to 20 percent of total traffic. Based upon an evaluation of the traffic volumes at the intersection of Fossil Creek Parkway and College Avenue, this intersection would operate at Level of Service "C" or better. Because of the uncertainties relating to the extension of Fossil Creek Parkway eastward to Lemay, it is difficult to estimate the amount of through traffic on this roadway. With a strong eastern extension, through traffic could be higher than indicated, but the intersection would still operate well within Level of Service "C." • • Mr. Kenneth P. Goff Page 5 November 22, 1988 Access Conclusions The access plan for The Carpet Exchange complex should work well under both initial and ultimate plans. For the initial access, the temporary access road to Fossil Creek Parkway can be located at the indicated 100-foot distance from College Avenue. Because of the low traffic volumes on this roadway at the present time, there would be negligible interference between traffic associated with The Carpet Exchange complex and existing traffic on Fossil Creek Parkway. The latter traffic now amounts to 150 trips per hour in the evening peak hour. Left -turn stacking for four cars will provide more than enough capacity for the intersection. The ultimate access plan for The Carpet Exchange should be implemented following the southward relocation of Fossil Creek Parkway or the eastern extension of Fossil Creek Parkway to Lemay Avenue, whichever comes first. Because this access plan depends upon the extension of Snead Drive, the City of Fort Collins will have to assume leadership for the construction of this extension. It is suggested that the access plan for The Carpet Exchange might provide for an access to Snead Drive along the northern boundary of the complex. This drive could also serve the existing Fred Schmid appliance store to the north. Summary The 64,000-square-foot Carpet Exchange Center will be a moderate generator of traffic, generating no more than 1,900 vehicle -trips per day at full buildout of the center. The consequent traffic impacts associated with the development will also be moderate. Access can easily be accommodated during both the initial and ultimate buildout development stages with the access plans as shown. I hope the preceding information will be useful in the planning of The Carpet Exchange. If you have any questions please feel free to call. Respectfully submitted, LEIGH, SCOTT & CLEARY, INC. By Robert E. Leigh, P.E. REL/mlc Enclosures: Table 1 Figures 1 through 9 0 I L I I I I x I G I U I C co U 1 0. 1 r-+ N 4-1 I K I L I O I L I O I O I I � I G I Q cC I C ti I O I H O L 1 0. 1 N E I I U U w co I R 'C3 w N I L Y W CA 1 U U cc - I > O L +•� 1d3 E z .-. I L. I +� lU I O 1 0 N CG cz cC C 1 0. aL I C I d: 1 0. I N U U 4- I i G m w E o � d tz7 •�, 0 1 I Z Ea- Q� W U I O E rs7 ++ C I `+0 � u i WCC w c O F.-Y.V-. W L I U U cC C E i ¢ 3 E O O ., M 4, - i.. L •ti � E� U C cc C O U C: rn U G. 0 4 m U C OJ U D E U 'G > C O a a. E r•, U E O a r, 4J L C 1 4 J -+ o C o rr o. o L - U w L to .0 cc in, G O (D as .� C w a-+ • -+ C3 co U +-' F. 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O O Q cC m cc co .a U Peak Hour Traffic 8-19-88 �o m N m , U rn U X X 27,000 Vehicles / Day 663 \ 12 1297 99 14� f 71 12 0 'o a 919 5 s29 m m m cc m v� ca c 0 LL 27,600 Vehicles / Day Harmony Rd SH -68 Palmer Dr a i r w a Site �— 26,500 Vehicles / Day Fossil Creek F 6r 6 o Figure 1 V SITE LOCATION AND ESTIMATED TRAFFIC VOLUMES 41 V The Carpet Exchange <pNO SCALE woo Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc. PREFERRED ACCESS PLAN South College Avenue QDNO SCALE Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc_ l J LEGEND: AND ASSIGNMENT OF Percent Generated Traffic (73 GENERATED TRAFFIC (70) Averagea Daily Traffic <DNO SCALE The Carpet Exchange Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc. • m m 0 m 0 U Fairway Lane Q a cc m X X 50% 5% 1 Temporary Access Road I x- fi x x-1 I � i0% L2% 33%43% 1 4 I 93% I CAD 0 I ss%i "k w i Figure 4 DIRECTIONAL DISTRIBUTION AT SITE ACCESS INITIAL ACCESS PLAN The carpet Exchange Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc. 16 77 9 42 2 7 Fairway Lane a a m X X cn 4 8o 1 2 7 I Temporary Access Road I X--}- X X 3 III o �, ?6 69 A/ 3 53 ' I 25 _J I 119 °s I s�� C� I 99 Figure 5 GENERATED PEAK -HOUR TRAFFIC INITIAL ACCESS SYSTEM LEGEND: AM PM The Carpet Exchange Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc_ 40% 20` 1 L 40% X Fairwav Lane Q 20% l % �— X X X 0%, F33 40%47% 0% �35% 2% 33% 5% 35% (Assumes Fossil Creek Extends East To Lemay) 2� Figure 6 DIRECTIONAL DISTRIBUTION AT SITE ACCESS ULTIMATE ACCESS PLAN The Carpet Exchange Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc. Fairway Lane X 9 42 X a m m c 5 26 4 96 X X X- 0 0 0 0 3 56 1 3 9 42 LEGEND: 9 _-AM 42 PM 3 64 1 3 g 56 12 60 6 r�11 54 Figure 7 GENERATED PEAK -HOUR TRAFFIC ULTIMATE ACCESS SYSTEM The Carpet Exchange Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc_ Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc_ 1.15/42.0/50.0 0.77/41.6/50.0 .__/ 0.38/3.0/5.0 Fairway Lane x x 150 x x 100 / 1501850300 l 150 N 1 200 100 150 150 160 fir 250 210 1600 7/41.2/50.0 LEGEND C) v co m C fn 100 50 it —x 50 1 65 8075 110 60 60 �- 150 110 Fossil Creek Pkwy 400 Figure 9 2010 TOTAL TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS The Carpet Exchange 0.7/41.2/50.0 = Site Total Roadway Traffic Tralfic / capacity Leigh, Scott & Cleary, Inc. Deve*nent Services Planning Department Citv of Fort Collins March 15, 1989 Lynne Block 5328 Fossil Ridge Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Ms. Block, Thank you for your note of March 3, concerning the Fossil Creek Design Center and the Planning and Zoning Board hearing of February 27. I appreciated your thoughts on the agenda placement of the Design Center. For you information, once an item has been scheduled and a staff recommendation developed, the agenda is frozen. What this basically means is that the Board at it's meeting, will hear the item, consider the staff recommendations and make a decision. The developer, as well as the neighborhood, has an opportunity at the public meeting to make whatever statements or request they deem appropriate to the Board. We do not, as staff, interfere with due process or the Board's formal deliberations. In the case of the Design Center, the developer requested the Board take action on the application for final approval. The Board, based on the staff recommendation and other considerations, believed it would be appropriate to defer consideration for a month to allow time to deal with the storm drainage and Snead Drive issues, which on the 27th were not resolved. I hope this addresses your concerns and if you need any further assistance regarding the pla p cess, please do not hesitate to contact our office. Sinc el To, Peterson Director --f Planning TP/bh c . Sherry Albertson Clark, Senior Planner Joe Frank, Assistant Planning Director 300 LaPorte Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750