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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 7
DATE: February_ 15. 2000
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.to March 7, 2000.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff, the Natural Resources Advisory Board, and the Water Board recommend adoption of the
Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Ordinance 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 was postponed to February 15. 2000 to allow additional time to
finalize the necessary lease and contractual documents with LaFarge, Flatiron, and Colorado State
University. Another postponement is needed until March 7, 2000.
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