HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/21/2000 - RESOLUTION 2000-142 AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE BY AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 30
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 21, 2000
STAFF:
Karen Manci
SUBJECT:
Resolution 2000-142 Authorizing the Acceptance by the City of the Title to the McMurry Natural
Area from Latimer County.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff and the Natural Resources Advisory Board recommend adoption of the Resolution.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This item authorizes the acquisition of McMurry Natural Area, approximately 30 acres of land,for
public natural area purposes. The total acquisition cost to the City of Fort Collins is$10. Initial site
improvement costs are estimated at$2,000 and annual maintenance costs are estimated at $2,250,
based on 1999 costs for sites of similar size and condition. Staff anticipates that funds for long-term
maintenance will be available from the City's share of the proceeds of the Latimer County Help
Preserve Open Space (HPOS) Sales Tax.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The 30-acre McMurry Natural Area is on the north side of the Poudre River between Shields Street
and College Avenue. Access is via a parking lot at the west end of Hemlock Street. McMurry
Natural Area is within close proximity to five natural areas currently owned and managed by the
City. It is immediately adjacent to Salyer Natural Area,natural area property#98P1(the"Ackerman
Court Property," to be included within the McMurry Natural Area after City acquisition), and Lee
Martinez Community Park. The County has owned and managed the property since the early 1960's.
The property has significant natural values and would help to meet the objectives of the Natural
Areas Policy Plan and several other adopted plans and policies.
BACKGROUND:
In early 1999, Latimer County Parks and Open Lands asked the City of Fort Collins Natural
Resources Department(NRD)to consider taking over management of the McMurry Natural Area.
NRD was interested in managing McMurry because it (1) was centrally located among three other
City natural areas,including the recently acquired"Ackerman Court Property"; (2)had an existing
parking lot; and(3)could be more consistently managed and patrolled with surrounding properties
if under City Natural Areas Regulations.
DATE: November 21, 2000 2 ITEM NUMBER: 30
NRD agreed to take over management of McMurry Natural Area if the County granted fee title on
the property at no cost and completed site improvements planned by the County or requested by the
City prior to the end of 1999. These improvements included:
• Closing the existing parking lot and creating a new parking lot farther to the east
(farther from the pond).
Relocating western rail fencing to the new parking lot,removing old picnic benches,
and creating a footpath from the new parking lot to the pond.
• Revegetating the old parking lot and picnic area with a native grass/wildflower mix.
• Installing "No Swimming" and"Pets Must Be On Leash" signs.
Removing Russian olives (an exotic, pest shrub) on the site and on the City's
adjacent "Ackerman Court Property" site.
The County also agreed to maintain the portion of the Foothills Trail between the City's Maxwell
Natural Area and Reservoir Ridge Natural Area in perpetuity. (This portion of the trail is on County-
managed land and CSU property; none of this section of the trail is on City property.)
The County has fulfilled all the improvements listed above. NRD staff anticipates that the addition
of this site will add minimally to staff maintenance burden. The County's work last year has
completed nearly all site improvement needs currently anticipated for the McMurry Natural Area.
NRD will be adding a few benches that have been built by an Eagle Scout, natural areas regulatory
signs, and a new site sign. NRD believes that the ability to patrol the site and enforce City Natural
Areas Regulations will be very beneficial to surrounding natural areas as well. McMurry is a site
where dogs are frequently seen off leash and the site is used illegally for swimming. Wildlife use
of the site includes resting and feeding areas for resident waterfowl and other waterbirds, feeding
area for a variety of migratory songbirds,and feeding and watering areas for small to large mammals,
including deer and fox.
The conveyance from the County will be contingent upon receipt of approval from the Colorado
Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation,as the administrator of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund, which assisted the County in its initial acquisition of the property.
RESOLUTION 2000-142
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY OF THE TITLE TO
THE MCMURRY NATURAL AREA FROM LARIMER COUNTY
WHEREAS, Larimer County is the owner of approximately 30 acres of land located north
of Martinez Park, east of the Ackerman Court property previously acquired by the City's Natural
Areas Program,and west of Salyer Natural Area,generally described on Exhibit"A",attached hereto
and incorporated herein by this reference (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS,among the policies of City Plan as adopted by the Council in Resolution 97-25
is to establish a system of publicly owned natural areas to protect the integrity of critical conservation
sites,protect corridors between natural areas,preserve outstanding examples of Fort Collins'diverse
natural heritage and provide a broad range of opportunities for educational, interpretive and
recreational programs to meet community needs; and
WHEREAS, staff and the Natural Resources Advisory Board have reviewed the resource,
natural heritage and open space values of the Property,and have determined that the Property would
provide a valuable opportunity to advance the Natural Area objectives of City Plan and to enhance
the City's ability to manage and utilize surrounding natural areas property already owned by the City;
and
WHEREAS,Larimer County has agreed to convey the Property to the City for use by the City
for Natural Area purposes at nominal cost to the City.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Council hereby approves and authorizes the acceptance by the Mayor of a deed
of conveyance of the Property for natural area purposes.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 21 st day of November,
A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Counly of Larimer ,and Stale of Colorado,to-wit:
Considering the West line of the Southwest quarter (SWA) of Section 2, Town— !
ship 7 North, Range 69 West of the 6th P.M. as bearing S. OOoO4t30n E. and with allti
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herein relative thereto: Beginning at the center West sixteenth (CWl/16)
corner of said Section 2 whence the West quarter (WWI) corner of said Section 2
bears S. 890551W. 1318.12 feet; thence S. 00°031 W. 365.00 feet along the West line�I
of tlhe Northeast quarter (ME of the Southwest quarter (SW�) of said Section 2; j
thence S. 54°111 E. 1078.22 feet; thence N. 89°57t E. 440.93 feet to a point on Chet
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South line of Fourth Street as per the recorded plat of Riverside Park Subdivision; 11 I .
thence S. 89*5713011 W. 99.72 feet along said South line to the North—South center—
line of said Section 2; thence N. 00°11t E. 94.30 feet along said conterline; thencq I
S. 89°561 W. 473.50 feet to the approximate. centerline of the North branch of th ^
Cache Is Poudre River; thence along said approximate centerline N. 61°081 W. 232e.97 i1
feet and again N. 34°47tW. 148.78 feet and again N. 09°161 E. 241.46 feet to the i!
North line of the Southwest quarter (SW;}) of said Section 2; thence S.
593.12 feet along said North line to the point of begi-Iiing. Goc'aiaia o son i� t action, more or less, including o_0,06 acres more or less in existing pond; except a, I
reserving to the grantor herein atw easement for.ingress and egress along the S.
bank of the N. branch of the Cache Is Poudre River on said property to a distance
of 75 feet measured from the centerline of said North Channel.
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labelled D and F'�on the p at attached hereto, but the grantee does not insure that i the said S. bank will be maintained in its present condition as a result of natural it
changes, acts of God, or of the acts of other persons, associations of persons or
corporations. Grantor wtrrants the title to the above described property subject I!
to 1961 general taxes and easements of record or as now established and used. ✓
Signed this 17th day of January ,19 62.
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