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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/16/2004 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 186, 2004, AUTHORIZ ITEM NUMBER: 23 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: November 16, 2004 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Patrick Rowe Ralph Campano SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 186, 2004, Authorizing the Granting of a Non-Exclusive Utility Easement to the City of Loveland on Jointly Owned Property at the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The proposed easement runs the east 40 feet of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, Township 6 North, Range 68 West, a portion of the Airport property. The City of Loveland's Power Operations Division is seeking to provide new service, and improve existing service in the airpark area. The proposed easement is 40 feet in width and runs the length of the property, or 2647.71 feet. The City of Loveland's Power Operations Division will restore the ground's surface to its prior condition. Staff has determined that this easement carries a benefit which exceeds its cost. This easement will benefit the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport by bringing power to areas not currently served and thus facilitating future Airport expansion. ORDINANCE NO. 186, 2004 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE GRANTING OF A NON-EXCLUSIVE UTILITY EASEMENT TO THE CITY OF LOVELAND ON JOINTLY OWNED PROPERTY AT THE FORT COLLINS-LOVELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins and the City of Loveland jointly own, in equal shares, the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport, Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado, as seen on attached Exhibit "A" ("the Airport"); and WHEREAS, the City of Loveland's Power Operations Division wishes to install a 200- amp electrical tie across a portion of the Airport property; and WHEREAS, the City of Loveland's Power Operations Division wishes to acquire a non- exclusive easement, as identified on attached Exhibit "B" (the "Easement Area"), over, on, across, and under the Airport's property to construct, operate, maintain, repair, remove, relocate and replace utility systems, including the perpetual right to enter upon said property for such purposes; and WHEREAS, Section 23-111 of the City Code provides that the City Council is authorized to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of an interest in real property owned by the City, provided the Council first finds by ordinance that such sale or disposition is in the best interests of the City; and WHEREAS, it is in the City's interest to grant said easement for future benefit to the Airport. Such easement will provide power to areas not presently serviced, facilitating Airport expansion. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the above described conveyance of a non-exclusive utility easement under and across the Easement Area is in the best interests of the City of Fort Collins. Section 2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute such documents of conveyance as are necessary to convey the Easement to the City of Loveland upon the terms and conditions described above, and subject to such other terms and conditions as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, determines are in the best interest of the City. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 16th day of November, A.D. 2004, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of December, A.D. 2004. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of December, A.D. 2004. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk AirportEXHIBIT "All Location Sketch Fort-Collins Loveland Municipal Tract "B" Barnstorm Second Addition, Loveland '1.��• r iaa.e ,l 1 i Source: Larimer County Parcel Locator T i ■.r l�r. ■.ti s�S ��, �ifsmifiCP �'•• � _� ,PljlAA�di� 1E EXHIBIT "B" Page 1 of 2 K. 6 L:E. THAYER I 1 I r` -----_ ` 1/4 CDR. SEc 26-6.60 ---_- ,-- _ FOUND V4 REBAR �I TR AD DEVELOPMENT CORP. Ir � r y � ie f n - c r`` Sri i J 200' 100' 0' 200' SCALE- 1'= 20D' ' N B -.1603- 3 p 243 UT LII'Y E SEMEN'r ry N NJ n7m taacr+.ND LOVELAND - FORT COLLINS INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK RiR'�sr FIRST FILING • i COR. SEC. 26.6-68 FOUND PB.C 174B3 34 r 57TH AVE. (eARI1T--T) EXHIBIT "B" Page 2 of 2 Legal Description The East Forty(40) feet of the SE %4 of Section 28, Township 6 North, Range 68 West, also known as TRACT `B" of the Barnstorm Second Addition to the City of Loveland, Colorado.