HomeMy WebLinkAboutCSU - WASHINGTON SCHOOL - APU - SPA110001 - REPORTS - PLANNING OBJECTIVESCOMPARISON OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY:
PREVIOUS VS. ANTICIPATED
120
100
20
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® Previous traffic levels
(Based on records of student enrollment & scheduling
when the building was used as a lab school)
■ Anticipated arrivals
Based on present ECC numbers (approx. 48)
extrapolated to expected student occupancy (approx. 100)
CONCLUSIONS
Maximum # of students arriving/departing in any given } hour window:
PREVIOUS: 125
ANTICIPATED: 35
® Anticipated departures
Based on present ECC numbers (approx. 48)
extrapolated to expected student occupancy (approx. 1
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Attachment "A"
Transportation Impact Study
Base Assumptions
Project Information
Project Name: Pura Vida Place Apartments
Project Location: 518 W. Laurel Street
TIS Assumptions
Type of Study
Full:
Intermediate:
Memo: Yes
Study Area Boundaries
North: Alley
South: Laurel Street
East: Sherwood Street
West: Whitcomb Street
Study Years
Short Range: 2015
Long Range: N/A
Future Traffic Growth Rate
1.0 % per year
Study Intersections
1. Whitcomb/Alley
5.
2. Sherwood/Alley
6.
3.
7.
4.
8.
Time Period for Study
AM: 7:00-9:00 1PM:
4:00-6.00
Sat Noon:
Trip Generation Rates
See Attached Sketch
Trip Adjustment Factors
Passby: N/A
Captive
Market:
Overall Trip Distribution
See Attached Sketch
Mode Split Assumptions
Substantial Walk/Bike (CSU)
Committed Roadway Improvements
None Known
Other Traffic Studies
IaTor Au�ap,�d�
Areas Requiring Special Study
Discussion of number of pedestrians and pedestrian
facilities at Laurel/Whitcomb and Laurel/Sherwood
Date:
Traffic Engineer:
Local Entity Engineer:
January 17, 2011
Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards
January 2, 2001
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5. Some at the Neighborhood Meeting voiced the opinion that the metal guard rails in particular,
and ramping system in general were too austere. The Landscape Plan indicates aggressive
screening of the ramps through the use of vines on the existing chain link fence, tall ornamental
grasses behind the fence and tall shrubs at the switch back portion of the south side ramp. The
ramping is intentionally simple in an attempt to take the "lightest touch" possible to the historic
building.
Sincerely,
Assistant Director, Landscape and Planning
Facilities Services Center North
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-6030
970.491.0162 970.491.0105 - fax
The site will visually appear very much as it does today. The green space will remain green space, and
additional playground area for younger children will be introduced on the west side of the building, street
trees will be installed along Olive Street as well as screening vegetation which soften the visual impact of
the accessible ramps from the south.
Stormwater issues have been addressed on the site by increasing impervious surfaces by less than
5,000 square feet. In context, we calculate that over 75% of the site will remain as pervious surface .Over
6000 square feet of asphalt paving is proposed to be removed from the site, which will enable the partial
paving of the existing parking area on the north side of the building. We heard at the neighborhood
meeting that there are ponding issues in alley associated with building runoff. To address this problem
we are proposing that the existing gravel alley be paved as part of the project, and that a valley pan be
constructed to covey water generated by the paved parking area on the north side of the building to a
proposed water quality feature on the northeast corner of the property.
The building is proposed have an automatic fire sprinkler system, and will comply with the intent of
Conceptual Review comments from the Poudre Fire Authority.
In conclusion, we feel that our proposal promotes a reuse that very closely parallels the use since 1918,
and does so with minimal impact to site, building and neighborhood, especially when compared to
alternatives other than keeping it as an Elementary school.
The Neighborhood Meeting yielded five significant concerns, each of which we believe are being
addressed in the submittal. These concerns are as follows:
1. The existing "wall pack" flood lights on each elevation of the building cast light into the
neighborhood and in some cases the front window of adjacent residences. These lights will be
removed, and high -cutoff pedestrian lights on 15' poles will be installed in critical locations.
2. The site when it was an Elementary School functioned as both a visual open space and a
neighborhood park when school was not in session. The visual openness of the site will remain,
and a "neighborhood gate" will be installed off of Scott to access the front lawn (east side) of the
site. Access to the existing playground area will be restricted to use by the ECC, as required by
the licensing agency which regulates the Colorado State University Early Childhood Center.
3. Drainage water from the north side of the building and existing gravel parking lot create ponding
in the alley. This problem will be addressed through paving both the alley and parking lot, and
conveying that water to a water quality feature.
4. When the site and building were used as an Elementary School as cars inundated the
surrounding streets during start and end of the school day. There will still be cars parked on the
surface streets when parents escort children into the ECC, but this activity will take place
throughout the day, and we believe will be less impactful to the neighborhood. Suggestions
were made at the Neighborhood Meeting to introduce diagonal parking on Scott, or to develop a
drop off circle drive on the south side of the building. The street is not wide enough to introduce
diagonal parking, and the ECC is not a drop off facility. Parents walk with their child from their
parked car to the office and check their child in. We are averse to introducing a parking lot to
the open space of site, because that would diminish what is a visual and functional open space
for the neighborhood.
Coo l
WUnhtrsity
Office of Facilities Management
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-6030
6030 Campus Delivery
April 6th, 2011
Ted Shepard
City Planner
Community Development and Neighborhood Services
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80522
RE: CSU Early Childhood Center at Washington School - 223 S. Shields Street: Development
Review submittal and request for an Addition of Permitted Use.
Dear Ted,
The attached submittal package indicates, from our perspective, an adaptive reuse of the Washington
Street School in and a manner that is sensitive to the site, building and neighborhood. The change of
use from an Elementary School to an Early Childhood Center, while requiring of an Addition of
Permitted Use, from a practical standpoint will change the function and visual character of the site and
building very little from its historic use since 1918.
Student census will decline from 125 students from its days as the Washington Lab School to 100
students. Staff will increase from what is was as an Elementary school because of the increased student
to staff ratio and the involvement/education of college students in a classroom environment, which is
largely the purpose for the Colorado State University Early Childhood Center (ECC). It is anticipated that
a maximum of 36 staff may be on site at the same time. The site plan indicates a parking area on the
north side of the building that accommodates all staff parking requirements, in the same area where staff
parking occurred in the past. Also, in the same way it has occurred historically, parents will park on the
adjacent streets when students arrive or are picked up. As before, on -site staff will assist in facilitating the
arrival of students and parents on Olive and Scott streets. What is different about the proposed use is
that student arrival and departure will be much more distributed throughout the operating hours (from
7:00 Am till 6:00 PM). At peak times in the morning and afternoon arrivals or departures should not
exceed 32 students per half hour.
The building elevations have been left untouched to the greatest extent possible. We have worked with
the City of Fort Collins Preservation Planner in an iterative way since Conceptual Review to preserve the
east and west significant elevations, while introducing ramps and an elevator on the less significant north
and south elevations. The main floor of the building sits six feet above the elevation of the site, and the
ramps and elevator are both requirements for licensing from the State for the proposed use.