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PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MINUTES
May 21, 1990
The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board was called to order at
6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall West, 300 LaPorte Avenue, Fort
Collins, Colorado. Board members present included: Chairman Sanford Kern,
Jim Klataske, Bernie Strom, Laurie O'Dell, Rex Burns, Lloyd Walker, and
Alternate Joe Carroll. Members absent were Jan Shepard.
Staff members present included Tom Peterson, Ted Shepard, Paul Eckman,
Sherry Albertson -Clark, Mike Herzig, Steve Olt, Kerrie Ashbeck, Rick
Endsdorff, Mark Sears, and Georgiana Taylor.
Board Members present at the May 18, 1990 worksession included: Chairman
Sanford Kern, Jim Klataske, Bernie Strom, Laurie O'Dell, Rex Burns, Alternate
Joe Carroll. Members absent were Lloyd Walker and Jan Shepard.
AGENDA REVIEW
Planning Director Tom Peterson reviewed the Consent and Discussion Agenda.
The Consent Agenda included: Item 1 - Centre for Advanced Technology PUD,
10th Filing - Amended Final, #53-85AA; Item 2 - Office Park at Oakridge
PUD, 13th Filing - Final, #13-82AY; Item 3 - City Utilities Service Center -
Preliminary, *16-90; Item 5 - Martin Bed and Breakfast PUD - Preliminary and
Final, #57-89; Item 6 - PZ90-6 Utility Easement Vacation, 018-90; Item 7 -
PZ90-7 Utility Easement Vacation, #19-90.
Mr. Al Scott, pulled Item #3, City Utilities Service Center from the consent
agenda.
Member Strom moved to approve consent agenda items 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Member Burns seconded the motion. Motion was approved 7-0.
CITY UTILITIES SERVICE CENTER - PRELIMINARY, 016-90
Mr. Al Scott stated that he had talked to staff and had no specific objection
to the center other than the lighting. He stated his property lies to the
northwest and that he had photographs and wanted to discuss the visual impact
of the lighting from the existing lights and the possible impact of additional
lights.
Mr. Shepard stated that
Mr.
Scott's comments would be taken into the review
of the final. They had
met
with the architect and with the facilities
department over the extent
of the
lighting.
Mr. Scott presented to
the
board
pictures of the lights at the service center
from his property and
discussed
the visual impact it had on him and his
objections.
Mr. Scott added that he
was
there
to ask for some relief from the lighting.
Chairman Kern stated
the
issue
would be addressed at the worksession and
expressed concern that
the
new
lighting be of the downward and inward
pointing variety.
Member Klataske moved for approval of the preliminary PUD for Utility
Service Center with the condition that aoy lighting being Installed would be
inward and downward directed and that the appropriate City departments look
At the existing lighting and what could be done to keep the lighting within the
site.
Member Strom seconded the Motion.
Motion was approved 7-0.
SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE ACCESS CONTROL PLAN Amendment
Rick Ensdorff, City Traffic Engineer, stated the South College Access Control
Plan was approved by the City Council about a year ago and the plan was an
agreement between the State and the City to provide guidance and direction on
how access control will happen on South College Avenue from Swallow to
Trilby in years ahead. The plan was derived from the State access code which
was State law in which the City is required to comply with.
He stated the amendment before the board tonight, improves the original access
plan. It allows for the concept of the recirculation street and it allows for the
median to be built on College Avenue. The South College Access Plan is a long
range plan and intended, over time, to provide for an efficient and safe
traffic flow along College Avenue. It did not attempt to continue status quo
on College Avenue. All the turns are out there now, all the access points,
overtime and the continued development and increase in traffic will require
changes and that is what the South College Access Plan does. The Plan looks
as a priority for traffic flow on College Avenue and good placement of traffic
signals and tries to balance that with reasonable access to the surrounding
businesses. Reasonable in our minds will ultimately have to depend on a good
System of recirculation streets, not direct access to properties, but a reasonable
system of recirculation streets.
Mr. Ensdorff stated the amendment was brought about by a PUD on the
agenda, South Grove PUD. The amendment had been reviewed by the State
Highway Department and they as well as the City believe this did improve the
concepts of the South College Plan.
Mr. Ensdorff gave a presentation on the elements of the existing Plan and the
proposed amendment with slides.
Member Carroll asked about the improper left turn into the Cottonwood
Shopping Center for northbound traffic and that he did not detect a traffic
control devise telling him he could not turn left into the Cottonwood Center,
and was this an illegal turn.
Mr. Ensdorff replied that to make the turn you technically had to go
northbound in a southbound lane to make the maneuver and that the median
there would he eliminated by the median project.
Member Walker asked by eliminating the northbound left into Creger, how did
a person get into the Cottonwood Center going northbound.
Mr. Ensdorff replied Boardwalk to Mason, Troutman to Mason, Harmony to
Mason. Customers wanting to use the center would have to change their
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