We, the undersigned residents, property owners, and concerned community members, support the responsible redevelopment of this property for housing and recognize the need for additional workforce housing in Dillon and Summit County. We are not opposed to apartments being built at this site. Our concern is the proposed scale of 150 units and whether that scale, together with the project's transportation and other impacts, is justified when the applicant represents that only 20% of the units will be deed-restricted for the local workforce.

We respectfully request that the Town of Dillon not grant final approval to the proposed 150-unit Skyline Apartments PUD until the Town has considered whether a smaller, appropriately scaled development could reduce impacts while preserving - or increasing - the project's meaningful, enforceable workforce-housing benefit, and until the transportation and safety issues below have been independently and adequately addressed.

Our transportation concern is whether the Transportation Impact Study adequately represents real-world traffic and safety conditions at Dillon Dam Road, Dillon Ridge Road, the City Market commercial area, surrounding residential developments, and the US 6/N. Dillon Dam Road intersection.

TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY CONCERNS
1. Traffic counts may not represent typical peak conditions.

The study acknowledges that January 2026 traffic at a nearby US 6 monitoring station was approximately 10% lower than during the previous two Januarys in a low-snow year.

2. The project is expected to generate substantial daily traffic.

The study estimates approximately 933 vehicle trips on an average weekday, including about 72 trips in the weekday morning peak hour and 88 in the evening peak hour.

3. Morning traffic will increase compared with the existing movie-theater use.

The study acknowledges that apartments are expected to increase morning peak traffic because movie theaters typically do not operate during weekday mornings.

4. US 6/N. Dillon Dam Road already experiences poor levels of service.

The study reports LOS E and F for certain movements and acknowledges that increased background traffic will produce longer queues and delays.

5. Future queueing and intersection interaction deserve more detailed analysis.

The study projects a 200-foot 95th-percentile southbound queue under 2050 background conditions and identifies approximately 310 feet of available storage. Although the modeled queue fits within that distance, the remaining margin warrants closer examination given LOS E/F movements, seasonal variability and increasing future queues. The report references a “cursory SimTraffic run” when evaluating whether traffic clears within a signal cycle.

We request more comprehensive peak and seasonal simulation.

6. Required CDOT access permitting should be completed before final approval.

The study states that CDOT does not have an existing State Highway Access Permit on file for the north leg of US 6/N. Dillon Dam Road and that a new permit will be required. The results of CDOT's review, including any conditions or required improvements, should be known and addressed before final Town approval.

7. CDOT's concern regarding the 10% multimodal trip reduction should be resolved and documented.

The study applies a 10% reduction to projected vehicle trips based on transit, walking and biking. The application materials include correspondence from CDOT Region 3 stating that CDOT can accept up to a 5% multimodal reduction without justification and requesting justification for the proposed 10%. We request documentation showing whether CDOT ultimately accepted the 10% reduction and the objective data supporting it, along with sensitivity testing without the full 10% reduction.

8. The CDOT crash/safety analysis identified in the traffic-study methodology should be completed and disclosed.

The methodology states that CDOT will perform a crash-data analysis for the highway near the proposed access and provide it to the consultant, with the consultant to recommend mitigation for identified safety issues. Before approval, we request that the Town identify and disclose that analysis, its findings, and any resulting mitigation recommendations, or confirm its status if it has not yet been completed.

9. The Town should not rely on unfunded future roadway improvements, and key long-term growth assumptions should be tested.

The study states that proposed US 6 roundabouts have undetermined timing and that no planned infrastructure projects affecting the project area are currently funded. It also uses a zero annual growth rate for southbound traffic from the Dillon Ridge commercial shopping development in its long-term forecasts. We request sensitivity testing of that assumption and confirmation that approval is not dependent on future roadway improvements that are not funded.

WORKFORCE HOUSING AND PROJECT SCALE
The applicant represents that 20% of the 150 units will be deed-restricted for the local workforce - approximately 30 units. We support the creation of workforce housing, but we ask the Town to evaluate the actual, enforceable public benefit in relation to the scale and impacts of the overall 150-unit project.

Before using workforce housing as a justification for the proposed scale or requested PUD exceptions, the Town should establish: the exact number of deed-restricted units; applicable income and local-employment qualifications; anticipated affordability/rental requirements; duration of the deed restrictions; enforcement and monitoring provisions; and any restrictions on short-term rental use.

We specifically ask Town Council to consider whether a smaller development could provide the same approximately 30 workforce units - or a greater percentage of workforce units - while reducing traffic, parking demand, building mass, snow-storage pressure and other impacts on the surrounding area. The choice before the Town need not be 150 units or no housing at all.

The study also states that all project vehicular traffic will use the existing southeast access, which connects to a private north-south drive shared with existing uses. We request that access conflicts and emergency access be specifically considered as part of the independent review.

WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING
Before final approval, we respectfully request that Town Council require:

(1) an independent review of the Transportation Impact Study and written resolution of the nine transportation and safety issues above;

(2) completion and disclosure of the relevant CDOT access and safety review;

(3) a clear accounting of the project's enforceable workforce-housing commitments; and

(4) consideration of a reduced project size that preserves or increases the workforce-housing benefit while lessening the project's impacts.

We support housing and responsible redevelopment of 312 Dillon Ridge Road. We ask the Town to approve a project whose size is appropriate for this constrained site and whose workforce-housing commitment is meaningful in proportion to the impacts and exceptions being requested.

Attached signature pages form part of this petition.