HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/02/2001 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 6, 2001, AUTHORIZIN AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 23
DATE: January 2, 2001
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Steve Comstock
Ron Mills
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 6, 2001, Authorizing the City of Fort Collins to Grant a Non-
exclusive Easement on Meadow Springs Ranch to Nunn Telephone Company Within the Existing
Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association Non-Exclusive Easement.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no consideration for this easement since it is within the existing Poudre Valley Rural
Electric Association non-exclusive easement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The proposed easement will provide necessary telephone service to the neighboring Diehl Ranch.
The proposed easement is 20 feet wide and approximately one mile long(2.42 acres) and is located
within the existing Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association non-exclusive easement, recorded
September 7, 1999 at Reception No. 2718897 in the Weld County Clerk and Recorder's Office.
ORDINANCE NO. 6, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO GRANT A NON-EXCLUSIVE
EASEMENT ON MEADOW SPRINGS RANCH TO NUNN TELEPHONE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Utility is the owner of the property known as Meadow
Springs Ranch in Larimer County, Colorado (hereinafter referred to as the "Ranch"); and
WHEREAS, Nunn Telephone Company has been requested by the owners of the Diehl
Ranch,which abuts the Meadow Springs Ranch,to provide telephone service to their property;and
WHEREAS, the most direct way to provide telephone service to the Diehl Ranch is across
the Ranch within an existing Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association non-exclusive easement,
recorded September 7, 1999 at Reception No. 2718897 in the Weld County Clerk and Recorder's
Office; and
WHEREAS, Nunn Telephone Company has requested a 20-foot wide non-exclusive
easement(2.42 acres)for installation and maintenance of an underground telephone line across the
Ranch as legally described on Exhibit"A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference
(the "Easement"); and
. WHEREAS, Section 23-111 of the City Code provides that the City Council is authorized
to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of real property owned by the City, provided the Council First
finds by ordinance that any sale or disposition of real property owned by the City will not materially
impair the viability of any utility system as a whole of which the property is a part, will be for the
benefit of the City's citizens and that the grant is in the best interest of the City of Fort Collins.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the above described conveyance of the Easement will not materially impair
the viability of the City's utility as a whole, will be for the benefit of the City's citizens and that it
is in the best interests of the City.
Section 2. That the Mayor is authorized to execute such documents of conveyance as are
necessary to convey the Easement interest to Nunn Telephone Company upon the terms and
conditions described above.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
January, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of January, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of January, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
EXHIBIT"A"
UTILITY EASEMENT DESCRIPTION
A 20.00 foot wide utility easement situate in Section 7,Township 10 North, Range 67 West of the
6' P.M., Weld County, Colorado which considering the West line of the Southwest 1/4 of said
Section 7 as bearing S`0030'52"E and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto and the
easement is 10.00 feet on either side of the East-West centerline of said Section 7 which begins at
the East 1/4 corner of said Section 7 and runs thence N°8938'42"W 5152.54 feet to the West 1/4
corner of said Section 7.
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