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ITEM NUMBER 7
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE March 7 200
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF Tom Shoemaker
SUBJECT
Postponement of Second Reading of Ordinance No 199, 1999, Authorizing the Lease of Portions
of the Resource Recovery Farm to LaFarge Corporation for Sand and Gravel Mining in Order to
Protect Sensitive Natural Habitats Along the Cache la Poudre River
RECOMMENDATION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Ordmance No 199, 1999,which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 7 1999,
enables implementation of a unique natural area conservation project involving the City of Fort
Collins LaFarge Corporation Flatiron Companies, and Colorado State University The
. collaborative project will save from sand and gravel mining approximately 40 acres of meadow and
mature riparian forest along the Cache la Poudre River that represents some of the most unique and
valuable wildlife habitat in the Fort Collins area In exchange for not mining these sensitive natural
habitats, approximately 106 acres of much less sensitive agricultural land on the City's Resource
Recovery Farm will instead be mined Reclamation of the mined area on the Resource Recovery
Farm will enhance the wildlife habitat diversity and overall value of the natural areas along this reach
of the Cache la Poudre River This area will enhance the City's efforts to protect and enhance the
wildlife habitat,aesthetic,and recreational values of this section of the Poudre River consistent with
the City s Natural Areas Policies and will also enhance programs at CSU's Environmental Learning
Center
Second Reading of this Ordinance is being postponed to March 21, 2000 to allow additional time
to finalize the necessary lease and contractual documents with LaFarge,Flatiron,and Colorado State
University