HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/20/2004 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 065, 2004, AUTHORIZ ITEM NUMBER: 15
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: April 20, 2004
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Mark Sears
Helen Matson
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 065, 2004, Authorizing the Acceptance of a .25 Acre Property
Donated by Springfield Subdivision Sixth Filing Joint Venture and Appropriating the Value of Said
Donated Property as Unanticipated Revenue in the Natural Areas Fund.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Springfield Subdivision Sixth Filing Joint Venture has offered to donate to the City property
described as Tract"A",Overland Hills 1st Filing which consists of.25 acres and is valued at$1,250
(based on $5,000/acre). The property will be used for natural area purposes.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance authorizes the Mayor to accept the donation by Springfield Subdivision Sixth Filing
Joint Venture of Tract "A", Overland Hills 1st Filing. The property to be conveyed is a .25 acre
tract of land to be managed as a natural area by the Natural Resources Program.
The City's Natural Resources staff has reviewed the resource,natural heritage and open space values
of the property and has determined that the property will provide a valuable opportunity to advance
the objectives of the Natural Areas Policy Plan. The property is located along Spring Creek and is
adjacent to the City's Pineridge Natural Area. The City will maintain this .25 acre tract,and due to
its proximity with the Pineridge Natural Area, there will be no appreciable increase in annual
maintenance costs.
ORDINANCE NO. 065, 2004
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A .25 ACRE PROPERTY DONATED BY
SPRINGFIEI.D SUBDIVISION SIXTH FILING JOINT VENTURE AND
APPROPRIATING THE VALUE OF SAID DONATED PROPERTY AS
UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE NATURAL AREAS FUND
WHEREAS, Springfield Sixth Filing Joint Venture is the owner of approximately .25
acres of land located adjacent to the City's Pineridge Natural Area, more particularly described
as Tract A, Overland Hills 1st Filing, City of Fort Collins, County of Latimer, State of Colorado
(the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, City Real Estate Services staff has estimated the fair market value of the
Property at$1,250; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 029, 1997 and Resolution 1998-062, Building
Community Choices tax revenues are available for: the protection of natural areas and other
categories of open lands, such as corridors, community separators, gateways, edges, and small
urban pockets; the permanent protection of significant natural areas and other open lands through
land and water acquisition, conservation easements and other techniques; the restoration or
enhancement of disturbed or degraded areas, the installation of parking areas, trails, interpretive
signs, and other features for appropriate public use; the development of environmental
interpretation programs; and the continuation of a stewardship fund to provide long-term
programs care of protected lands; and
WHEREAS, the City's Natural Resources staff has reviewed the resource, natural
heritage and open space values of the Property, and has determined that the Property would
provide a valuable opportunity to advance the objectives of the Natural Areas Policy Plan; and
WHEREAS, Springfield Sixth Filing Joint Venture has agreed to donate the Property to
the City for use by the City for natural area purposes; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the
City Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal
year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations, in combination with all
previous appropriations for that fiscal year, does not exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the value of the donated
Property, as described herein, will not cause the total amount appropriated in the City's Natural
Areas Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in
that fund during the fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL. OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. The Council hereby approves and authorizes the Mayor to accept a deed of
conveyance of the Property for natural area purposes.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the Natural
Areas Fund the sum of ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($1,250)
representing the fair market value of the donated Property.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
April, A.D. 2004, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of May, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 4th day of May, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
LOCATION MAP
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