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Home My WebLink AboutCENTERPOINT PLAZA - PDP - 35-01 - CORRESPONDENCE - REVISIONS (3)Please call if you have any questions or need further information. Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to working with further you during the development review process. Sincerely VF Ripley Associates �Vt� I ' d (�{MD •� r UJ LLiS � I l � r �O e r •�- Louise Herbert Utility Plans: See Civil Engineer comments and plans. Comments from Staff Review May 8`h, 2002 Engineering: 1. The Site, Landscape and Utility plans have been coordinated to ensure all plans are consistent. 2. See comment 44 under Engineering. 3. See comment 113 —Current Planning —General Stormwater: See Civil Engineer comments. Traffic Operations: 1. See comment 113 —Current Planning —General 2. Traffic Operations were sent the "highway capacity sheets" on 4/11/02. 3. Engineering to determine. 4. Acknowledged. Transportation Planning: Items 1 to 3. Engineering to determine. Current Planning: 1. Lighting Plan. A revised Lighting Plan was submitted with the last submittal dated 4/12/02. The Lighting Plan has been revised with the comments from the Police Department and copies resubmitted. Department: Water Wastewater Please see Civil Engineer comments. Other comments on from the red -lined Site, Landscape, Utility Plans and Building Elevations: Landscape Plan: 1. Lot Two: Shrubs have been added to the planting beds on the west side of the parking lot. 2. Lot One — Trash enclosure east of Building A in parking island. In the last comments / red lines dated 10/12/01 a trash enclosure was requested to be closer to Building A. The trash enclosure had to be located so that it would be accessible and also comply with Section 3.5.1(1) (1). 3. Lot One — Planting bed to south west corner of parking lot (see attached 8'/x x 11) No planting can occur in the upper part of the bed as this will be the location of a future transformer. 4. Lot Two: Planting north of Building C. Additional planting has been added around the proposed patio. 5. plant List. Plant species — Buddleia davidii `Argentea' is a plant selected from the Fort Collins Nursery catalog. Please see attached description. 6. plant symbols have been corrected. Site Plan. 1. Future sidewalk from south line of Lot One across the Great Western Railroad. Comment acknowledged. Building Elevations: 1. Building A. South elevation. No door is at this location. The sidewalk has been adjusted on the Site Plan. 2. Building C. South elevation. The landscape and planting bed has been adjusted on the Landscape Plan. Item 2) Trash area at SW corner to rear of Building B. The light levels have been increased to the north side of the trash enclosure to ensure adequate light levels Item 3) Building A north elevation. All light levels and landscape are acceptable. The above was discussed and coordinated with Joseph Gerdom on 5/28/02 Topic: Site Plan 100 Lighting see 5- Lighting above. VF Ripley discussed the landscape materials and the patio layout with Joseph Gerdom on 5/28/02. The Site Plan shows a low seat wall approximately 16" high on the north and east sides of the patio. Plant material shown is Hughes Juniper, which at maturity will be approximately 24" high .Joseph Gerdom agreed that the this should not create a security problem. Department: Stormwater Utlity 68 See Civil Engineer comments 69 — Landscape Plan Glen Stewer from Stormwater Utility confirmed on 5/28/02 that the landscape for the pond area can be a native dryland seed. No additional landscape will be required. 70 Acknowledged. See Civil Engineers comments. For all other topics please see civil engineer response. Department; Transportation Planning 27 — Adequate Public Facilities See comments under Item 113 - Current Planning. A copy of the meeting memorandum was sent to Traffic Operations, Engineering, Transportation and Planning summarizing the meeting and items discussed on 6/5/02. 37 — Bike Lanes The project does not include Midpoint Drive improvements. 80 This has been corrected on the Utility Plans. 105 A note has been added on the Site Plan concerning the future shared access to the property to the east. Topic: Utility Plans See Civil Engineers response. Department: Light and Power Comment 9/10/2001 " Will need to coordinate transformer locations. Any modifications to the electric system will be at the expense of the developer" Comment acknowledged. Department: Natural Resources 71 Existing tree schedule. VF Ripley met with the City Forester on 5/29/02 to review all the existing trees on the site and identified on the Landscape Plan. Trees to be retained, replaced, or removed and mitigated or not mitigated are described in an additional column on the existing trees schedule. Proposed trees to mitigate those removed are also identified on the proposed plant list. The format for this was confirmed verbally with Doug Moore on 5/23/02. 72 Prairie Dogs - Acknowledged. Department: PFA 6 The access roadway radii have been changed to 20 feet. 7 to 10. All items acknowledged. Department: Police 5 - Lighting Item 1) Area between Building A and B (west) end. Two additional lights have been added to the south end of Building A which increases the light levels between the buildings. Department: Engineering 32 — Adequate Public Facilities Please see item 113 — Current Planning General. 74 Acknowledged. 75 Acknowledged. Topic: General 106 Acknowledged. 107 Acknowledged. Topic: Landscape Plan 44 All Summit Ash street trees have been moved east and are 5' from the back of the proposed 7' sidewalk. Sheri Wamhoff, confirmed the 5' from back of curb verbally on 5/22/02. 81 Phasing is shown on the Landscape Plan. Topic: Plat See Civil Engineers response. Topic: Site Plan 35 A 7- foot wide sidewalk is shown along Timberline. A note has been added to the Site Plan stating that the existing 5-foot existing asphalt walk is to be removed at a future date. 41 Acknowledged. 79 This has been corrected on the Utility Plans. from screening under Section 3.2.1 (E) (4) and (6). Planting has been adjusted to the parking islands as the layout of these has changed. 109 Landscape screening to the loading / service area south of Building B. Planting has been added to this area per Section 3.2.1 (E) (6). 110 Landscape screening to the 2 trash enclosures south of Building B. Additional planting has been added. 111 Note #13 on the Landscape Plan general notes. This note has been revised in accordance with the red -lined comments on the Landscape Plan. 116 All Summit Ash street trees have been moved east and are 5' from the back of the proposed 7' wide sidewalk. Sheri Wamhoff, from Engineering confirmed the 5' from back of curb verbally on 5/22/02. 117 The westernmost Marshall's Ash street tree has been removed / eliminated due to the possibility that the turning radius from Timberline Road into Midpoint Drive may have to be increased, potentially impacting that tree. Sheri Wamhoff from Engineering confirmed verbally on 5/22/02 that this tree should be removed from the Landscape Plan for the above reason. Topic: Site Plan 101 The Burlington Northern Railroad, along the southwest side of the site has been changed to the Great Western Railroad. 112 The building use data breakdown as shown on the Site Plan had incorrect information for Buildings B and C for the estimated employees. This is now correctly shown on the land use statistics. 114 Based on the information provided by the client on the potential building occupancy two trash enclosures have been identified as being required for Building B. I July 10, 2002 Steve Olt Fort Collins Planning Department 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 Centerpoint Plaza PDP, Type 1 (LUC), #35-01 Response to staff Project Review comments Dear Steve, VF RIPLEY ASSOCIATES INC. Landscape Architecture Urban Design Planning 401 West Mountain Avenue Suite 201 Fort Collins, CO 80.521-2604 PHONE (970) 224-5828 FAX (970) 224-1662 We have reviewed the staff letter dated May 151h, 02 and have the following comments: Department: Current Planning: Topic: General 113 — Adequate Public Facilities. The applicant met with Traffic Operations Department and Engineering on 5/28/02 to discuss and determine the status of the adequate public facilities. Please see attached memorandum. A copy of the memorandum was sent to Traffic Operations, Engineering, Transportation Planning and Planning on 6/5/02. 115 The emergency and service / delivery access and parking can be constructed for either Building A or B. The final parking spaces allowed shall be addressed at Final Compliance for the one building that is allowed to proceed at that time. Copies of the Alternative Compliance Plan have been resubmitted in accordance with the routing sheet although this is plan is now not required. Access and parking will be addressed for the relevant building as mentioned above at Final Compliance. Topic: Landscape Plan 108 The landscape was reduced so as to meet the landscape budget requirements of the project. The planting beds against Buildings A and B and a planting bed between the two crosswalks north of the existing warehouse were the areas where it was identified, where this could be achieved without impacting the overall planting design or remove