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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCSU - WASHINGTON SCHOOL - APU - SPA110001 - REPORTS - PLANNING OBJECTIVESCOMPARISON OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY: PREVIOUS VS. ANTICIPATED 120 100 20 U ]:HMm B;INnp 9;NMm W.,- 4!YI IIMXhm III.MAm II:IMm II;]Ihm 1201, Ik]Ill:m I;IXIpm 1; 41un 1]Ilrm 2;IXIpm ]tlX" 3]U 4,WM 4VIpm $;IX'gm 5;3Ipn TIME (Monday Through Friday) KEY ® 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 S-5 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 13 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.