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City of Fort Collins
August 15, 1990
Frank Vaught
Vaught-Frye Architects
2900 S. College Avenue
Fort Collins, Co 80524
Dear Frank:
For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning
the Oak Farm, which was presented before the •Conceptual Review Team on
August 13, 1990.
The comments are offered informally by Staff to assist you in preparing the
detailed components of the project application. Modifications and additions to
these comments may be made at the time of formal review of this project.
If you should have any questions regarding these comments or the next steps in
the review process, please feel free to call me at 221-6750.
SincceerLrely, / !
Kirsten Whetstone
Project Planner
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xc: Tom Peterson, Director of Planning
Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer I
Project Planner
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CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS
MEETING DATE: August 13, 1990
PROJECT: Oak Farm •
APPLICANT: Frank Vaught, c/o Vaught-Frye Architects, 2900 S. College Ave,
Fort Collins, CO 80524 223-2808.
LAND USE DATA: A proposal for two phases of single family lots as part
of the Oak/Cottonwood Master Plan. Total area is approximately 100 acres
with 275 lots for a density of approximately 2.3 du/acre. The first phase will
be approximately 116 lots on 50 acres. The project is located west of Lemay
Ave., between Mail Creek Ditch and Mail Creek.
COMMENTS:
1. Power is available along Lemay Ave to the east of the site. There are
crossings at Seton and Southridge Greens Blvd. which can be used. Light
and Power would underground the lines on Southridge Greens Blvd. as
far west as the developer builds the road. There is also an overhead line
along Southridge Greens Blvd. down from Mail Creek which carries City
power. Normal development charges apply.
2. Water and Sewer service will be supplied by the Fort Collins-Loveland
Water District and the South Fort Collins Sanitation District.
3. Access for emergency and fire vehicles looks great. Fire hydrants will be
required to be approximately 400' apart.
4. Most of the site is in the Fossil Creek Storm Water Basin where on site
detention is not required. A stability analysis is currently underway to
examine the Mail Creek Channel to look at existing and future . flows,
erosion problems, exposed utility crossings, and other elements to gather
information which will be helpful in controlling erosion and flows through
the basin. The results of this study will be available in the Fall of 1990.
Please incorporate these results into the Drainage Report that is prepared
for this site. Storm water flows and direction, water quality, and erosion
control during and after construction are issues which the Drainage Report
should address.
5. There are a few lots to the north which appear to drain to the north into
Mail Creek Ditch. It is a relatively small area, possibly just the backyards
of these lots, but you would have to have permission from the Mail Creek
Ditch owners if you plan to drain into the ditch. It might be preferable
to incorporate the run-off from these lots into one of the drainage areas
proposed for a future phase to the north. In this case water would have
to be. taken under the ditch.
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6. Leslie Bryson from Parks and Recreation had a question about the location
of the neighborhood park to the north and wondered if the location had
changed, given that the residential areas had shifted to the south. She had
concerns that the neighborhood park remain near residential areas and that
it not become surrounded by business and commercial uses. This issue
could be addressed with the amended Master Plan.
• 7. There is also a proposed neighborhood park located at the northern end of
the proposed Fossil Creek Community Park. Funding for the community
park is up in the air at this time, but funding for the neighborhood park
portion, is by a different mechanism.
8. We would like to see an adequate pedestrian circulation system through the
site to provide pedestrian and bike connections between the park, the
school and the residences. We would like to see a pedestrian way, running
east west through the site, be constructed with the first phase.
9. Parks and Recreation will not be responsible for maintaining the pedestrian
ways or the landscaped areas along the right of ways.
10. A traffic study will be necessary with submittal of the project. The
question of access through the site, the east west connection of Lemay Ave
and College Ave, access to Werner school, impacts on the neighborhood,
and impacts on the lots in this project are issues which should be
addressed. The study should address both short term (before the 2
collector system is complete) and long term impacts of this project on
traffic flow and access of this site and of the Fossil Creek Meadows area.
11. As a safety precaution, the bike path should intersect Lemay Avenue ,at or
near an existing intersection.
12. The Engineering Department recommends that the street connection from
Lemay to College be completed, at least with a local street, with the first
phase. They also recommend that you look closely at constructing
Southridge Greens Blvd. to the west. The City can require up to 1000' of
off site preliminary design of Southridge Greens Blvd. to show that the
design will work to connect what is built with this phase with what will
be built in the future. This will be especially true at the crossing of Mail
Creek.
13. A street oversizing fee of $584.00 per dwelling unit will be assessed.
14. Zoning of the site is r-p, planned residential with a PUD condition.
Development of this site will be required to go through the PUD process.
15. A revised Master Plan will be required to be submitted with the first phase
of the PUD.
16. A neighborhood meeting will be required.