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Home My WebLink AboutPEC120027 PUBLIC COMMENT1 Bill Gibson From:lindy Moore <acctgg@pepis.com> Sent:Thursday, August 09, 2012 3:22 PM To:Bill Gibson Cc:'JOHN & DIANA DONOVAN' Subject:Bighorn Building B To the Attention of Bill Gibson, As owners of unit #2 Bighorn Building B, We oppose the current plan to build a garage in the set back too close to our building. Thank you for considering our opposition to this, Sincerely, Pepi & Sheika Gramshammer 1 Bill Gibson From:Hale Moore <halem@vail.net> Sent:Thursday, August 09, 2012 3:26 PM To:Bill Gibson Subject:4192 E Columbine Way As owners of Unit #7 at 4207 Columbine, we are very concerned and opposed to the building of a garage at 4192 E Columbine Way. It will be extremely close to the back wall of our building B, and a gross inconvenience to our tenants. Please consider other options. Carol and Hale Moore PO Box 3746 Avon CO 81620 1 Bill Gibson From:John Donovan <puckhut@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 09, 2012 3:59 PM To:Bill Gibson Subject:Bighorn building B August 9, 2012 Dear Members of the Planning and Environmental Commission, As owner of Unit 3 in Bighorn Building B I have concerns about the proposed garage located at 4192 East Columbine Way. I have lived in this townhouse for over 20 years and have consistently seen this location used as primary snow storage for the larger neighborhood. My kitchen window directly overlooks the proposed driveway and east end the proposed garage. Construction of this garage will have unintended negative consequences. I am also concerned about the headlights shining directly into my bedroom from less than ten feet away. Due to these properties being developed before the Town of Vail had standard guidelines, there are not the traditional envelopes to shield residences from the impact of driveways. Please consider the above concerns when you deliberate upon allowing the construction of a garage with the setbacks. John Donovan 970-331-1957 4207 Columbine Drive 3# Vail CO, 81657 Sent from my iPhone 1 Bill Gibson From:Kerry Donovan <vaildonovan@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 09, 2012 4:13 PM To:Bill Gibson Subject:4192 E. Columbine Way Attachments:4192 Columbine Drive.docx Bill, Thank you for your time today. Please find attached a letter regarding 4192 East Columbine Way. Have a good Friday and a great weekend. Regards, Kerry Donovan 970.390.7113 August 8, 2013 Dear Planning and Environmental Commission, I met with Bill Gibson and he was very helpful explaining the plans in more detail for the garage proposed at 4192 East Columbine Way/Lots 25 & 26. I own and live in Unit 5 and am part owner of Unit 6. These are the units closest to the proposed surface parking space/ driveway. Both Bighorn Building B and Bighorn Terrace properties were constructed before town regulations. This has resulted in some very unique property alignments and proximity issues. It also means that setbacks that traditional insulate homes from driveways or other neighbors do not exist in the Bighorn neighborhood. The neighborhood was designed as a package, not as one‐off residences so existing green space was meant as permanent buffers. None of the plans I saw showed the relationship of Bighorn Building B to Bighorn Terrace. It is critical to view these properties together as that is how they were originally designed. Because these properties where built before the regulations, they need to be examined beyond just the litmus test of do they fit within the current guidelines. The current proposal has a parking space/driveway within 10 feet (approx.) of a year around residence. The design of the driveway also means that headlights will shine into many of the Bighorn Building B units' bedrooms which are all situated along the back wall closest to the proposed driveway. Seven of these eight units are occupied year around. I believe you have a site visit scheduled before your meeting. Please pay particular attention to the layout of the driveway/surface parking which is the of building a garage entirely within the setback. If you have questions please call me at 970.390.7113 anytime. Respectfully, Kerry Donovan Owner/Dweller Bighorn Unit 5 Part Owner Unit 6 1 Bill Gibson From:JOHN & DIANA DONOVAN <dianamdonovan@msn.com> Sent:Thursday, August 09, 2012 4:21 PM To:Bill Gibson Subject:4192 Columbine Way garage setback Attachments:bighorn garage variance.docx Dear Bill...Please find the attached letter. Thank you for your help today. August 9, 2012 RE: 4192 E Columbine Way..garage variance Vail Planning and Environmental Commission As the owner of units 4, 6 and 8 (4 and 6 in partnership with my children) I strongly oppose this proposal for the following reasons amongst others. 1. It is a negative impact on our units which are occupied fulltime thus acting as employee housing. 2. There are other locations for the garage that are less of a negative impact and more conforming to town regulations. 3. This Bighorn complex was designed with the unbuilt areas to serve as buffers between Bighorn Terrace and Buildings A & B. The standard setbacks do not exist within this group of complexes including our Building B. The garage wall will be in the “face” of 4 of the units in the 8 unit building. The headlights from the unnecessary turn around area, which will also serve as a parking area, will shine directly into bedroom and bathroom windows. 4. The loss of major, mature vegetation. 5. The proposal for a new building for a garage and a turn around area is certainly non conforming for this compact development built in the 60’s. 6. Drainage onto our property appears to be a valid concern. 7. Putting a structure that close to our building would seem to be a fire hazard and would preclude ever burying the overhead utility lines between our complexes. 8. Buildings A and B should be shown on the maps as this Water and Sanitation District was planned to work as one complex. In fact, we all share ownership of the pond open space and the rental unit on the pond. We have had a unit in Building B since the late 1960’s and have always used our units as very affordable employee housing. I also serve as manager for Building B. I am very familiar with the larger complex and see this garage building not as an improvement for the complex but as an intrusion into a site that is already overbuilt and with too much pavement. The proposal is not only nonconforming according to town regulations but is also nonconforming to the specific neighborhood it is in. Please deny the requested variance. Thank you for your consideration of our concerns. John & Diana Donovan 1014 Homestake Circle Vail, Colorado 81657 dianamdonovan@msn.com 1 Bill Gibson Subject:FW: Bighorn setback From: salsapat@gmail.com [mailto:salsapat@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:41 PM To: Bill Gibson Subject: Bighorn setback Dear Mr. Gibson- Patrick Cassidy here, owner of Bighorn condo B-1. I was talking with Diana Donovan earlier about the proposed setback directly behind our building and walked over to see it today and just wanted to let you know about a few concerns I have about the proposed garage and driveway. Normally I would like to see an improvement like this in the neighborhood, but two things about it I'm not so sure about. First, I think the zero setback from the property line is a bit much to ask and is a bad precedent to set, and would serve to close off the little open space between the two properties. I don't mean open space in some kind of environmental sense; rather in the sense that the properties are already too close as it is, but I do understand that the structures were built before codes were put in place. The second issue I am concerned with is that apparently, from looking at the plans, it seems that the headlights of the car going into the garage will be uncomfortably close to our building and shine directly into my neighbors' windows with no barrier to mitigate it. I would think that this might be somewhat of a nuisance and might negatively affect property value. If the plans could be changed to address these two issues I would welcome such an improvement. Thank you for your time in reading this. Yours, Patrick Cassidy East Vail Sent from my Kindle Fire 1 Bill Gibson From:mlubchenco@gmail.com on behalf of Mark Lubchenco <mlubchenco@codymgmt.com> Sent:Friday, August 10, 2012 10:23 AM To:Bill Gibson Cc:Anne Upton Subject:Proposed Garage for 4192 Columbine Way Follow Up Flag:Follow up Flag Status:Flagged Bill, My name is Mark Lubchenco and I am writing you as our family's representative. Our family has continuously owned 4265 Columbine Drive since 1967. We have reviewed the proposed Upton garage addition at 4192 Columbine Way and would like to give our approval. Please feel free to give me a call if you would like more information. Best, Mark -- Mark Lubchenco mlubchenco@codymgmt.com 303 431 4530 1 Bill Gibson From:Bob Curfman <bob.curfman@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, August 10, 2012 6:16 PM To:Bill Gibson Cc:annesupton@gmail.com Subject:4192 Columbine Way in East Vail Follow Up Flag:Follow up Flag Status:Flagged Mr. Gibson, This communication is in support of the proposed garage addition to the Stockmar- Upton property at 4192 Columbine Way. We have owned property down the block (4265 Columbine Way) since 1968. We are intimately aware of the issues of parking, snowplowing, snow storage, shared parking issues.... What Anne Upton has proposed makes sense for everyone. She builds a garage on her private property, takes several cars out of the equation in the process. I see nothing but positive outcome for the entire neighborhood. Our annual ownership meeting this last summer reviewed all plans and there was general consensus of support. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Sincerely, Bob Curfman 303-722-3117