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Home My WebLink About1.0 Application• UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD P. O. BOX 338 GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81601 BRUCE CHRISTENSEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PHONE: (303) 945-6102 September 19, 1979 Garfield County Commissioners Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 Dear Commissioners: 965 We would like to request a special use permit for a house located at 0294 117 Road, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601. The house is on its own sewage and water and will maintain present utilities and roads. The requested use will be for a residential care facility for 8 developmentally disabled adults originally from our area. It will be operatedunder the auspices of Upper Colorado River Community Center Board (Happy Time School) Adult Program. The facility will be run as a group home type arrangement with supervision and train- ing provided by live-in residential counselors. The training provided at the facility will be mainly independent living skills e.g. cooking, budget management, personal hygiene, use of community resources, etc. During the day the the adult residential clients will participate in the day program of the U.C.R.C.C.B. Adult Program. This group home has been made possible because of a grant awarded by the Developmental Disabilities Council of the State of Colorado. The facility will be licensed and certified by the State Department of Health. It will be licensed as a Res dential Care Fa.cilily and Certified as an Intermediate Care Facility for Mentally Retarded. This will allow additional on-going funding through Federal Title 19. We feel that this residential facility will provide a much needed resource to mentally retarded adults originally from our community and their families and friends. We therefore urge your granting us this special use permit. Attached are letters of support from generic agencies that will be directly impacted by this project. 5 1 cc,--, 112.0 Sincerely, Beverly Norris Adult Program Director • • The following is a list of owners of adjacent property as in- dicated on the vicinity map. Corresponding lot numbers are in parenthesis after owner's names. 1. Greta McQuaid (018) c/o T.O. McQuaid 358 Douglass San Francisco, Calif. 94114 2. J. Louise Kemme (034) #069 4001 E. Main Grand Praire, Texas 3. Eugene & Mary Lohman (030) P.O. Box 1803 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 4. Bernadette & Tom Ossola (001) P.O. Box 1465 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 • • PUBLIC NOTICE (Happy Time School) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Upper Colorado River Community Center Board (has) (have) applied to the Board of County Commissioners, Garfield County, State of Colorado, to grant a special use in connection with the following described property situated in the County of Garfield, State of Colorado; to -wit: Sec. 21. A tr. of land in the Sz NE cont. 2.75Ac. lying W. of the Wrly Bank of the Roaring Frk, Rvr. & Erly of Co. Rd. 117 desc. as follows: Beg. at a pt. on the So. line of the SENE whence the E4 Cor. bears S. 87° 05' E. 820.90; thence N. 87°05' W. 341.20' along the S. line of the SENE to a pt. on the Elry line of Co. Rd.; thence N. 12°14' W. 375.69'; thence S. 87°05' E. 313.23' to the W. bank of said rvr.; thence S. 16°17' E. 383.98' to the P.O.B. / Total: 2.75Ac. (( Said special use is to permit the Petitioner(s) to convert a single U family residence into a room & boarding house for specific use as a residential care facility for mentally retarded adults. (\t) on the above described property. This special use application may be reviewed at the office of the Building Official located at 2014 Blake, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. That public hearing on the application for the above special use has been set for the ,9 ?N day of , A.D. 19 79 , at the hour of 10_: 00 A.N. in the office of the Board of County Commissioners at the County Courthouse, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Ray aldwin Planning Director, Garfield County, Colorado • • GARFIELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL/CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT INSPECTION FORM Date Inspected ,'%-- 8-- Inspector z,e , Name of Operation: el ' ' _ &9642 • farec>r72 ComGt,vfr-Y 2 ?r./ C/rl 1 ces� Contact Person: V Phone Number: 9- S0a. Address: S{o ,car-e>te to c��6ct9Cd 5 'tom 17&,C10.1_ Notes on compliance or non-compliance w/Resolution # 7 9 —/3c_, and/or Permit #. A4?i0 : (Reference comments by condition #) /97 C c rr? -e-r -,k._ -'.csasc> ��7�ac-7 eft`' /. /SIO Cid lJ (.T-77 sfe,T�=73 Further Action Required: • • COLORADO ® PARTMENT OF HEALTH �HN�� Richard D. Lamm bc��1 / Frank A. Traylor, M.D. Governor 1 8 7 6 Executive Director September 20, 1979 Mrs. Beverly Norris Upper Colorado River Community Board P. 0. Box 238 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 .Re: RCF/MR, Glenwood Springs, Co. Dear Mrs. Norris: As a result of the survey that was conducted on the residence in Glenwood Springs, Mr. Johnson and I have the following comments: 1. Provide the following in each of the bedrooms when they are to be occupied. a) Comfortable bed. (Rollaway -type bed, cots or folding beds are not acceptable.) b Mattress and pillow. c Cabinet or bedside table. d) Incombustible wastebasket with an impervious liner. e) Chair. f) Storage facilities. g) Towel racks for each room occupant, 2. Provide a toilet room with a hand sink on the second floor. It is rec- ommended that a bathing unit be provided on the second floor also. ro 3. Provide grab bars at bathing units. 4. Make the bottoms of all tubs and showers non -slip. 5. Provide a fence on the sides of the property that drops off to pevent accidents and injuries to the residents. 6, Provide a stair to the second floor that is 36 inches wide with a handrail on at least one side. The stair must be enclosed to meet the Federal requirements for an ICF/MR. The risers must not exceed eight inches and the treads must not be less than nine inches wide. It would be appre- ciated if you would send a drawing of what you propose for the stair and the upstairs bathroom for review by this office before construction, so we could review and comment on them. Also include the second stair from the second floor. 4210 EAST 11TH AVENUE DENVER,COLORADO 80220 PHONE (303) 320-8333 Mrs. Beverly Norris September 20, 1979 Page 2 7.' The upstairs rooms must have a minimum ceiling height at the east and west walls of five feet. This can be accomplished by providing addi- tional walls inside those presently provided. cic`� ` 8. The space in front of the toilet stool on the first floor must be at / least 24 inches. 9. All rooms must be provided with heat. There was no evidence of heat in the north bedroom on the second floor. Heat must also be provided in the new toilet room on the second floor. 10. Provide a fire extinguisher in the following locations: a) Kitchen. b Resident area on the first floor. c Resident area on the second floor, 11. Provide a second means of egress from the second floor. Since the pro- posed second exit will be through the north bedroom, the door to this room must not be provided with a lock. 12. Provide a fire alarm system in the residence, This would consist of a manual pull station at each exit on the first floor, a manual station on the second floor and a sounding device on each floor. 13. After occupancy, there must be fire drills held at least once a month and the fire alarm system must be used to conduct these drills. 14. Provide a front screen door. 15, The side screen door needs structural repair and extension to reach the threshold. 16. All openable windows require screens, 17. Towel bars must be provided for each resident, 18. The downstairs bathroom sink fixture needs repair or replacement. 19. The downstairs bathroom door has a hole, Needs good repair or replacement. 20, Need door to bathroom off corner (front) bedroom. 21, Junk and debris must be removed from the grounds, garage, etc, Any useful material must be stacked neatly. • • Mrs. Beverly Norris September 20, 1979 Page 3 22. Provide sound outside refuse container(s) with tight fitting lid(s) and adequate capacity must be provided. 23. Approval of water source must be made by local sanitarian and docu- mentation submitted to this Department. 24. High grass and weeds must be kept cut. 25. The laundry (dryer and washing machine) must be separated from the other equipment along the cabinet wall of the kitchen by a partial wall built out into room from outside wall to a point a few inches past the front of the laundry machines. Also, a policy must be written to the effect that no laundry will be done while food is being prepared, served, or'while dishes are being washed. Enclosed is a section of the Federal survey form as promised by Mr. Wil Johnson. These are for your use. This concludes our comments that resulted from our survey. If you have any questions on any of these, please let me know. Si ncerely,• fJ. Ra1p Kar nerg, Architect- Chief,'Design and Construction Medical Care Licensing & Certification Division JRK:ts Encl. cc: Licensure Garfielrounty Department of•cial Services Post Office Box 580 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 RONALD R. JOHNSON March 27, 19.79 DIRECTOR • Council on Developmental Disabilities ATTENTION: Gene Brant Dear Mr. Brant; PHONE: 945-9191 Our Department wholeheartedly supports the ongoing efforts of Happy Time School, Adult Program, toward re- integration and community placement of institutionalized developmentally disabled clients from our area. It appears to us that Happy Time School has high quality programs and personnel with which to serve these clients, and that they have now found a way to bring these people back to our area to receive the benefits of those programs. Based upon our past experience with this Community Centered Board, we an- ticipate that the best possible efforts 14111 be forthcoming to assure success of the reintegration program. We specifically support Mrs. Norris' grant proposal as stated. Very trulyyours, 1/1-61A` 4,1/1) Ronald R. Joh.nsbn Director RRJ/ja 187 RICHARD D. LAMM Governor O ARMANDO R. ATENCIO Executive Director MARK E. LITVIN, PH.D Rehabilitation Director -8-B c-q4tvlif,(6_,,tortb41) DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ' DIVISION OF REHABILITATION BRXDOMIX:OUNIABOxib520.8k Mrs. Beverly Norris Happy Time School 2015 Blake Ave Box 338 Glen Spgs CO 81601 Dear Mrs. Norris: VOICE PHONE and MCM/TTY Administrative Office and Client Information 303-839-2285 Rehabilitation Director 303-839-2652 Div of Rehabilitation Hotel Colorado Glen Spgs CO 81601 3/26/79 This letter is to offer our support to the Upper Colorado River Community Center Board toward facility improvements. We at Rehabilitation have long supported the Community Center Board and have been aware of the need for programs and services for the developmentally disabled which are offered by the Board. We further feel that the programs offered are of excellent quality and very meaningful to those persons served. We are also aware of the severe space limitations and housing shortage which exist in our area and feel that a residential care facility would enable you to provide better care to more people. JO:bh Sincerely yours, Joyce . Otero Rehab. Counselor 1B -7-B • ADO WEST REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER SOPRIS AFFILIATE P.O. Box 955 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 Telephone (303) 945-6760 Serving Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin Counties March 26, 1979 sj on Developmental Disabilities Gene Brant !!r, Brant: •",J reference to the grant entitled "Reintegration of cti'elopmentally Disabled Citizens" submitted by ie verly Norris, Director of the Adult's Program of Y lime School, Upper Colorado Community Board, I wish my support and high recommendation. 1 have consulted as a psychologist for this program Le past three years. I continue to be very impressed v quality of their staff, by innovative work and by very adult and human program for developmentally —"ed adults. Our area is certainly in 'need of supervised accommodations for developmentally disabled adults. f you have any questions, I would be glad to answer 1�hope you will give this grant your full consideration. Sincerely yours, (h(CtX1/ ancy . Flood, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist