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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOAKRIDGE BUSINESS PARK THIRTYSECOND - Filed GC-GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 2005-05-05Development Review Engineering Department City of Fort Collins May 11, 2000 Mr. Greg D. Fisher 3115 Clyde Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 Re: Oakridge Business Park, 32Id Filing Dear Mr. Fisher, This letter addresses the outstanding issues you have with the Oakridge Business Park, 32nd Filing development and will hopefully help you proceed forward with this project. As you recall from our meeting on May 10, 2000, you had some concerns with the access joining this property and the property to the north. You also had some concerns with the pedestrian bridge and sidewalk that connects with the future trail adjacent to the railroad tracts. In responding to your first concern about the shared access with the property to the north, City staff determined that the configuration you are currently proposing on the utility plans would be adequate. However, we would like for you to dedicate a blanket pedestrian access/access/utility/drainage easement on the property excluding the building envelopes. The reason for this sort of easement is two -fold. First. staff still felt it was necessary to have the "shared access" within an access easement. but also, the sidewalk you are proposing. which will connect Innovation Drive and the railroad tracks, needs to be contained within a pedestrian access easement. Rather than trying to legally describe the easement along the sidewalk, it is much easier to provide a blanket easement on the property. This leads to the next topic, which was the escrowing of funds for the construction of the pedestrian bridge. As you may or may not be aware of, the City's Parks Department is planning on constructing a trail along the railroad tracks within the next couple of years. Rather than constructing the bridge across the swale at this time, City staff is recommending that the Developer provide the Parks Department with what is commonly referred to as a "Contribution in Aid". Essentially this is a check written in the amount of the bridge structure to the Parks Department. Once the Parks Department is ready to construct the portion of trial adjacent to this property, they would use the money from the Developer to build the bridge connection. City staff feels that both parties would benefit from this contribution rather than escrowing the funds for the bridge construction (escrowing funds would include the amount of the structure plus 50%). Upon doing this, however, a Development Agreement is needed to explain this procedure. This agreement can be written so the project will not be held up longer than it has to. I hope this helps in your decision making and that it will help move this project forward in a timely manner. Should you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact this office. 281 North College Avenue . P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 . 970/221.6750 FAX 970/221.6378 • TDD: 970/224.6002 Sincer Timothy R. Blandford Project Engineer City of Fort Collins Cc: file Development Review Engineering Department 251 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • 970/221,6750 FAX 970/221.6378 • TDD: 970/224.6002