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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES-07/08/1963-SpecialJu1�L8, 19 63 MINUTES OF A CALLED MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, held nday, July 8, 1963, at 9:00 A.M. Present: Councilmen Johnson, Colwell, McMillan, Honstein and Councilwoman Quinn. City Manager Widdows, City Attorney March and City Engineer Weiss. Also present were G. H. Palmes, Tom Gleason and Frank Schleicher of the Airport Steering Committee. The meeting was called to discuss the options on three pieces of property under consideration for the Fort Collins -Loveland airport. The options were as follows: �I per acre !' 1. Jack Pope property, 105 acres at 4$325.00 /and they retain the mineral rights. 2. Carl Wilson property, 598 acres at $375 per acre and release all mineral rights �i 3. E. J. Geisen property, 320 acres at $325.00 per acre and he retains one-half of the mineral rights. It will be necessary to pay the entire amount on option No. 1 and No. 3, and 10% of the total cost of option No. 2. There is approximately 118 acres of railway'_ right-of- ,w2y crossing on these farms. Colonel Geisen wishes to farm his property and the Wilson land under lease until such a time as the airport is constructed with the posdbility of farming tHat Portion not in use at the start of the airport operation. !, The City of Loveland has paid $6,000.00 option money on other land for airport pur- poses and also another $6,000.00 for renewal of said option. It has not been determined how much of this option money can be salvaged and the Loveland Council has requested that the City of Fort Collins pay a portion of this option expense which would not be recovered. After discussion, motion was made by Councilwoman Quinn, seconded by Councilman Colwell, tha the City of Fort Collins share with Loveland the present.option expense on the land which Loveland has an option. Roll was resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Colwell, McMillan, Honstein and Councilwoman Quinn. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. The matter of approving the location and obtaining of the option was discussed. The following resolution was presented and read at length. RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING THE SITE OF AN AIRPORT TO BE JOINTLY ACQUIRED WITH THE CITY OF LOVELAND AND AUTHORIZING THE ACQTJIRING OF LANDS AT SAID SITE. WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 7, 1963, there was appropriated the sum of $250,000.00 for the City of Fort Collins'share of the cost of jointly acquiring an airport with the City of Loveland, which said ordinance was approved by the voters at the general election of Apri 2, 1963, and WHEREAS, the joint airport steering committees for the cities of Fort Collins and Loveland have recommended to the city councils of said cities that lands owned by Mr. & Mrs. Jack 0. Pope, Ruth A. Geisen and Carl A. Wilson be acquired as the airport site, and WHEREAS, options have been obtained for the Pope and Wilson lands, and it appears that an option_ can be obtained for the Geisen lands. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that subject to the approval of said options and of the lands involved therein for an airport sit by the City of Loveland and the Federal Aviation Agency that said options be exercised, pro- vided, however, that the purchase terms in said option may be varied upon joint agreement by the sellers and the cities of Fort Collins and Loveland. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor of the City of Fort Collins with concurrence therein by the Mayor of Loveland, after approval of the airport site by the Federal Aviation Agency, elect to purchase the properties covered by the above memtioned options and that such other action be taken as may be necessary to acquire ownership of the lands for said airport site. Passed and adopted at a special meeting of the City Council hald this 8th day of July, A. D. 1963. /s/ Harvey G. Johnson Mayor ATTEST er F 75 July 8. 196i Motion was made by Councilman Colwell, seconded by Councilwoman Quinn, that this resolution be adopted. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Colwell, McMillan, Honstein and Councilwoman Quinn. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. After discussion as to the advisability of notifying Colonel Geisen that the cities would start condemnation proceedings if necessary to obtain an option, motion was made by Councilman McMillan, seconded by Councilwoman Quinn, that the City Attorney be authorized to notify Colonel E. G. Geisen that his land which lies within the site of the proposed airport would be subject to condemnation proceedings which will be started at once unless the option No. 3 is forthcoming. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Coun- cilmen Johnson, Colwell, McMillan, Honstein and Councilwoman Quinn. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. An engineering agreement between the City of Fort Collins and Nelson Haley Patterson & Quirk of Greeley, Colorado, was presented for. discussion. Mr. Patterson was present and explained various points in the agreement to the members of the Council. After the discus- sion, motion was made by Councilwoman Quinn, seconded by Councilman Colwell, that the agree- ment be referred to the City Attorney for study and such action necessary to approve the agreement. Motion was.made by Councilwoman Quinn, seconded by Councilman Colwell, that the Council adjourn. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Colwell, McMillan, Honstein and Councilwoman Quinn. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted, and. the Council adjourned. ATTEST: City Clerk/