March 21, 2018
Discount Vending
Attn: Jeff Cramer
5870 Southmoor Drive
Fountain, CO 80817
Thomas & Thomas
Attn: Jason Alwine
702 N Tejon St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Dear Applicant and/or Consultant:
Subject: SKP-18-001
EL PASO COUNTY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Current Planning
No comments
Tentative Planning Commission Hearing date will be scheduled for May 1, 2018. Please respond if a later meeting is requested.
Engineering Department
See uploaded drainage report in EDARP.
ELPASO COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Environmental Division has no comment
ELPASO COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT
The Planning Division of the Community Services Department has reviewed the Fountain Valley Ranch Warehouse PUD Amendment, Review #2, (also known as Discount Vending Warehouse) and Fountain Valley Sketch Plan Amendment, and has no additional comments. Please refer to the original PUD Amendment review comments below, as submitted in November 2017:
“The Planning Division of the Community Services Department has reviewed the Fountain Valley Ranch Warehouse PUD Amendment application and has the following comments of behalf of El Paso County Parks.
The project site is located on the west side of Grinnell Boulevard, at the intersection of Crandall Drive. The El Paso County Parks Master Plan (2013) shows no parks, trails, or open space intersected by or within the project area. The proposed Grinnell Boulevard Secondary Regional Trail is located approximately 60 feet east of the property, on the east side of Grinnell Boulevard. Widefield Community Park and Crews Gulch Regional Trail, both accessed by the Grinnell Boulevard Secondary Regional Trail, are located approximately 0.75 mile southeast of the project site, while the City of Colorado Springs’ Bluestem Prairie Open Space is located approximately 1.5 miles east of the property.
The Board of County Commissioners has not elected to require park fees for commercial subdivisions, so none are recommended at this time.
These comments are being provided administratively, as this application does not require Park Advisory Board consideration.”
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Ross A. Williams
Park Planner, Planning Division
Community Services Department
ELPASO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Please accept the following comments from El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH) regarding the project referenced above:
- The 1.54 acre lot will be provided water service by Security Water and Sanitation District. There is a finding for sufficiency in terms of water quality for drinking water obtained from this Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Division, regulated public water system. (PWSID# CO-0121775)
- Wastewater service will be provided by Widefield Water and Sanitation District. There is sufficient treatment capacity at the treatment facility for the proposed project.
- Radon resistant construction building techniques/practices are encouraged to be used in this area. The EPA has determined that Colorado, and the El Paso County area, have potentially higher radon levels than other areas of the country.
- Earthmoving activity in excess of one acre, but less than twenty-five acres, will require a Construction Activity Permit from El Paso County Public Health. Go to quality for more information.
- This development project operation plan or Letter of Intent did not indicate if the vending machine warehouse included possible food storage for the food vending machines. Please contact El Paso County Public Health at 719-578-3199, option 3, if there will be any food storage at this location as part of the vending operation.
Mike McCarthy, R.E.H.S.
El Paso County Public Health
719.575.8602
11Mar2018
ELPASO COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Comment 1:
The board of directors of the El Paso County Conservation District have no comments at this time
Comment 2:
The El Paso County Conservation District Board of Directors have no comment at this time
COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES
I have no comments for the above name project.
PIKES PEAK REGIONAL BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Enumerations and floodplain have no comment or objection to the sketch plan amendment. Brent Johnson Enumerations Plans Examiner Pikes Peak Regional Building Department O: 719-327-2888 E: W: pprbd.org
COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION
Airport staff recommends no objection with the following conditions:
- Provide proof of previous avigation easement or Airport Activity Notice and Disclosure recordation for thisproperty.
- If use of temporary construction equipment will exceed 200 feet above ground level in height at this site, the applicant is to file an airspace evaluation case with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and provide the results to the Airport before the commencement of constructionactivities.
- More information about the airspace evaluation submittal process is available on the FAA’s Obstruction Evaluation/Airport Airspace Analysis website (
The following agencies have not provided review comments to-date:
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Fountain Mutual Irrigation Company
- Security Fire Protection District
- Security Sanitation District
- Security Water District
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy
- Upper Big Sandy GWMD
- Widefield SD 3
- Widefield Water & San
Comments received from any of the above non-responding agencies following the issuance of this letter will be forwarded to the applicant/applicant’srepresentative and will be added to the end of this letter for record keeping purposes.
If any review agency has an issue that needs resolution or requires a revision, you will need to provide the necessary documents, drawings, etc., to the Planning and Community Development Departmentin the form of a resubmittal. The Planning and Community Development Department will then forward the resubmitted items directly to the appropriate review agency. If you have any questions pertaining to specific agency comments please contact the appropriate agency directly.
In order to be considered for the Planning Commission hearing, all outstanding issues must be resolved no later than April 10, 2018. In order to give the reviewers time to confirm that those outstanding issues have been resolved, revisions need to be submitted by. Please contact me if you would like to schedule a meeting with myself or the multi-disciplinary team.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me at 719-520-7943
Best Regards,
El Paso County Planning and Community Development Department
cc:Gabe Seviny, Planning
Gilbert LaForce, Engineering
File: SKP-18-001
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