HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOLLINDALE GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE - FDP - 17-01B - CORRESPONDENCE - CITY STAFFTowards that end, the Golf Division agrees to "escrow" the costs to design and build the
sidewalk and netting as described above, by creating a separate budget account for it.
With regard to the review process, I also hereby request that this sidewalk project be subject to
some sort of public input/comment process, as several golfers and members of the City Golf
Advisory Board have expressed concern over its construction.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
c: Michael W. Powers, Executive Director of Cultural, Library, and Recreational Services
Golf Board Members
CultL ., Library, and Recreational Servi,
Golf Division
City of Fort Collins
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
DATE: February 21, 2002
TO: Gary Diede, Transportation Operations Director
FROM: Jerry P. Brown, Manager of Golf �
RE: Collindale Golf Course Sidewalk Along Horsetooth Road
I am in receipt of your memorandum dated May 22, 2001, regarding the requirement for a new
sidewalk to be built at Collindale Golf Course along Horsetooth Road, wherein Transportation
Services states that such a sidewalk needs to be constructed as a part of our Collindale Golf
Course Clubhouse development project. Your memorandum also lists the reasons for your
position.
In a meeting held on July 23, 2001, you noted that Transportation Services would be willing to
work with us to determine the most practical alignment and design for this sidewalk in order to
minimize the impact on the Golf Course. As you are aware, we have suggested that this
sidewalk should be attached to the curb rather than detached, for at least the length of where the
sidewalk is exposed to potential errant golf balls and where the first fairway at Collindale is
closest to the street. We also suggested that the sidewalk width in this location be the absolute
minimum that is allowable. You generally agreed with these suggestions, though you did say
that we would need to submit preliminary plans for the sidewalk for review, which we have
done.
In addition, it is our understanding that this new sidewalk must be connected to the existing
sidewalk just east of the railroad tracks. That means that we will need to make an application to
the Railroad and/or PUC for approval to cross the tracks. Because the possibility exists that
receiving this final approval may take some unknown length of time to be accomplished, we both
basically agreed that we could separate the sidewalk portion of the project from the clubhouse
portion of the project, in order to allow us to proceed with the replacement/construction of the
new Collindale Clubhouse starting in March, 2002.
Therefore, I agree that it is our full intention to construct this new sidewalk on Collindale Golf
Course along Horsetooth Road, in a timely manner; and I also agree to install protective netting
adjacent to this new sidewalk for the length that we feel the sidewalk could be exposed to
potential errant golf balls. It is my understanding that you will allow us to proceed with the
Clubhouse construction, as long as the sidewalk is constructed once it's alignment and design are
approved through your normal review processes as well as the Railroad/PUC approval processes.
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