HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/02/2000 - RESOLUTION 2000-65 AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTA AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 17DATE: May 2, 2000
is FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Tom Shoemaker
SUBJECT:
Resolution 2000-65 Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement with Great Outdoors
Colorado for the Loveland-Fort Collins Corridor Conservation Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This action will provide for the contribution of $500,000 toward the purchase of the Sauer
property in the corridor between Fort Collins and Loveland. The fends will be provided directly
by Great Outdoors Colorado at the closing scheduled for May 15, 2000.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
In May 1998, the City of Fort Collins, City of Loveland, and Larimer County were awarded a
$500,000 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado to be used for the conservation of priority open
lands in the corridor between Fort Collins and Loveland, west of U.S. Highway 287. Since that
time the partners have negotiated the purchase of several parcels of land in the area, including
the McKee Trust property, the Buckner property, the Miltenberger property, and the Glode
property.
Recently, the partners negotiated a purchase and sale agreement on the remaining key parcel, the
Sauer property, and Council has adopted Resolution 2000-50 authorizing an intergovernmental
agreement between the partners, and has, this same date, also adopted on Second Reading
Ordinance No. 42, 2000 authorizing conveyance to Larimer County of a conservation easement
on the property. This Resolution represents the final Council action needed on the project to
approve the grant agreement with Great Outdoors Colorado, which is necessary to receive the
funds for the project.
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• RESOLUTION 2000-65
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
WITH THE BOARD OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS COLORADO TRUST FUND
FOR THE LOVELAND-FORT COLLINS CORRIDOR
CONSERVATION PROJECT
WHEREAS,the Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund(the"GOCO Board")is
a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, created by Article XXVII of the Colorado
Constitution, adopted at the November 1992 General Election, which article allocates a portion of
the net proceeds of the Colorado Lottery to the Board and directs the Board to invest those proceeds
in the State's parks, wildlife, open space and recreational resources; and
WHEREAS, in May 1998, the City of Fort Collins, City of Loveland and Larimer County
were awarded a$500,000 grant from the GOCO Board to be used for the conservation of priority
open lands in the corridor between Fort Collins and Loveland, west of U.S. Highway 287 (the
"Grant"); and
WHEREAS,on March 21,2000,the Council approved Resolution 2000-50,authorizing an
Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Loveland and Larimer County(the"IGA"),whereby
the City will pay $308,354 for an undivided 25 percent interest in approximately 785 acres of land
located south of Fort Collins and west of Taft Hill Road(the"Property");the City of Loveland will
pay the amount of $1,892,770 and the County will pay $437,880 toward the purchase of the
Property;and the City of Loveland will agree to manage the Property,primarily for agricultural,open
space and natural area purposes; and
WHEREAS, the IGA further provides for the use of the Grant for the acquisition of the
Property, in exchange for the imposition of a deed restriction or conservation easement to protect
the Property from uses contrary to the purposes of the GOCO Funds; and
WHEREAS,the Council has,this same date,approved on second reading Ordinance No.42,
2000, which authorizes the conveyance of a conservation easement over the Property to Larimer
County,consistent with the IGA and the GOCO Board's requirements in connection with the Grant;
and
WHEREAS,in connection with the administration of the Grant,the GOCO Board requires
that the City enter into an intergovernmental agreement requiring that the Grant project be carried
out in accordance with the purposes and administrative requirements of the GOCO Board,and other
related requirements,as more particularly set forth in the Grant Agreement dated May 2,2000,and
on file in the Office of the City Clerk(the "Grant Agreement"); and
WHEREAS,the City is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide any
function, service or facility, such as a grant agreement, as provided in Article II, Section 16 of the
Charter of the City of Fort Collins and Section 29-1-203, C.R.S.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Mayor be,and hereby is,authorized to enter into the Grant Agreement,together
with such other terms and conditions, or subsequent modifications, as the City Manager, in
consultation with the City Attorney, determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the
interests of the City and effectuate the purposes set forth herein.
Passed and adopted at regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 2nd day
of May,A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk