HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/04/2012 - RESOLUTION 2012-114 ADOPTING THE 2012 UPDATE TO THDATE: December 4, 2012
STAFF: Courtney Levingston
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 18
SUBJECT
Resolution 2012-114 Adopting the 2012 Update to the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This is the 2012 update to the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins (Three-Mile Plan). The Three-Mile Plan is
a State-required long-range “plan” that outlines the existing plans, policies, maps, and other documents that have been
adopted by the City Council which generally describe the proposed location, character and extent of infrastructure and
land uses. In addition, there are some plans and policies that are listed in the Three-Mile Plan that were adopted by
Larimer County, Colorado State University or adjoining municipalities, as these are also located within the boundaries
of the Three-Mile Plan. There are very few changes from the 2011update.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
In 1987, the State legislature modified the existing annexation law limiting municipal annexations to no more than three
miles beyond the current municipal boundary in any given year. In 1997, a provision was added to the state statute
that required municipalities to prepare and adopt a “Three-Mile Plan” prior to annexing property into City boundaries.
Although the City of Fort Collins employs a fixed Growth Management Area (GMA) and associated policies; the Three-
Mile Plan is still required by Colorado law.
Section 31-12-105 of the Colorado Revised Statutes language requiring the plan is as follows:
“Prior to the completion of any annexation within the three-mile area, the municipality shall have in
place a plan for that area, that generally describes the proposed location, character, and extent of
streets, subways, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation
fields, other public ways, grounds, open spaces, public utilities, and terminals for water, light,
sanitation, transportation, and power to be provided by the municipality and the proposed land uses
for the area. Such plan shall be updated at least once annually.”
The City’s original Three-Mile Plan was adopted by Council in 1998 and has been revised annually pursuant to state
statutes. The current Three-Mile Plan has been in use since it was last amended by Council on December 6, 2011.
This Three-Mile Plan describes each of the items listed in the statute in four categories:
• Transportation-related items:
N Streets
N Subways
N Bridges
N Parkways
N Aviation Fields
N Terminals for Transportation
• Parks, Natural Areas and Open Lands-related items:
N Waterways
N Waterfronts
N Playgrounds
N Squares
N Parks
N Grounds
N Open Spaces
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• Utilities and related items:
N Public Utilities
N Terminals for Water, Light, Sanitation, and Power Provided by the Municipality
• Proposed Land Uses:
N Inside Growth Management Area (GMA)
N Outside Growth Management Area (GMA)
As previously stated, the Three-Mile Plan lists the plans, policies, maps, and other documents that have been adopted
by the City Council which generally describe the proposed location, character and extent of the specific characteristics
listed above.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS
There are no direct financial, economic or environmental impacts tied to the adoption of the 2012 update to the Three-
Mile Plan.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
At its November 15, 2012 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously to recommend adoption of the
2012 update to the Three-Mile Plan.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Planning and Zoning Board minutes, November 15, 2012
ATTACHMENT 1
RESOLUTION 2012-114
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE 2012 UPDATE TO THE THREE-MILE
PLAN FOR THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
WHEREAS, Colorado law provides at Section 31-12-105, C.R.S., that each municipality in
the State must prepare a plan for the geographic area within three miles in any direction from the
municipality’s boundaries (a “Three-Mile Plan”), which Plan must generally describe the proposed
location, character, and extent of streets, subways, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, parkways,
playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields, other public ways, grounds, open spaces, public utilities
and terminals for water, light, sanitation, transportation and power to be provided by the
municipality, and the proposed land uses for the area; and
WHEREAS, the City’s original Three-Mile Plan was adopted in 1998, which Plan again is
in need of being updated; and
WHEREAS, City staff has prepared and presented to the City Council a proposed update of
the Three-Mile Plan for the City which the City Council has determined should be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the updated Three-Mile Plan for the City, attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and
incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby approved and adopted.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 4th
day December A.D. 2012.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
CITY OF FORT COLLINS THREE-MILE
PLAN
2012 UPDATE
EXHIBIT A
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 2
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ 2
I. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3
What is the Purpose of the Three-Mile Plan? ........................................................... 3
What Does the Three-Mile Plan Describe? .............................................................. 3
II. Elements of the Three-Mile Plan .............................................................................. 5
Transportation-related Items .................................................................................... 5
Parks, Natural Areas, and Open Lands-related Items .............................................. 6
Utilities and Related Items ....................................................................................... 8
Proposed Land Uses ................................................................................................ 9
ATTACHMENT A: Three-Mile Plan Boundary .............................................................. 11
ATTACHMENT B: Significant Waterways and Waterfronts within the Three-Mile Plan
Boundary ....................................................................................................................... 12
ATTACHMENT C: Airports within the Three-Mile Plan Boundary ................................ 13
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 3
I. Introduction
What is the Purpose of the Three-Mile Plan?
The Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, is a policy document that
complies with the regulations set forth in Section 31-12-105 of the Colorado Revised
Statutes. The plan identifies infrastructure and plans for lands within 3 miles of the
current boundaries of the City of Fort Collins.
Section 31-12-105 of the Colorado Revised Statutes requires that the City complete a
plan within three miles in any direction from any point of such municipal boundary as
follows:
Prior to the completion of any annexation within the three-mile area,
the municipality shall have in place a plan for that area that
generally describes the proposed location, character, and extent of
streets, subways, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, parkways,
playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields, other public ways,
grounds, open spaces, public utilities, and terminals for water, light,
sanitation, transportation, and power to be provided by the
municipality and the proposed land uses for the area.
What Does the Three-Mile Plan Describe?
This Three-Mile Plan describes each of the items listed in the Statute in four categories,
as follows:
Transportation-related Items:
Streets
Subways
Bridges
Parkways
Aviation Fields
Other Public Ways
Terminals for Transportation
Parks, Natural Areas and Open Lands-related Items:
Waterways
Waterfronts
Playgrounds
Squares
Parks
Grounds
Open Spaces
Utilities and Related Items:
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 4
Public Utilities
Terminals for Water, Light, Sanitation, and Power Provided by the Municipality
Proposed Land Uses:
Inside Growth Management Area (GMA)
Outside Growth Management Area (GMA)
Under each of these categories the plans, policies, maps, and other documents are
listed that have been adopted by the City of Fort Collins City Council and other
municipalities, organizations and service providers within the three-mile area that
generally describe the proposed location, character and extent of the specific
characteristics.
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 5
II. Elements of the Three-Mile Plan
Transportation-related Items
1. Streets:
Capital Improvement Plan
City Plan
City of Fort Collins Master Street Plan
City of Fort Collins Street Standards
City of Fort Collins Bicycle Plan
City of Fort Collins Bicycle Safety Education Plan
City of Fort Collins Pedestrian Plan
Fort Collins Transportation Master Plan
Harmony Road Access Control Plan
I-25/392 Interchange Improvement Plan
Larimer County Transportation Master Plan
Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards
Mason Corridor Master Plan
North Front Range Regional Transportation Plan
North College and Highway 14 Access Control Plan
Northern Colorado Regional Planning Study
Northern Colorado Regional Communities I-25 Corridor Plan
Downtown Parking Plan ( for Council consideration on December 4, 2012)
South College Access Control Plan
Subarea Plans
o CDOT US392 Environmental Overview Study
o CDOT North I-25 Environmental Impact Statement
o CDOT US287 Environmental Overview Study
o Downtown Plan
o Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Summary Report
o Downtown Strategic Plan
o East Mulberry Corridor Plan
o East Side Neighborhood Plan
o Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan
o Harmony Corridor Plan
o I-25 Subarea Plan
o Mountain Vista Subarea Plan Update
o North College Corridor Plan
o Northside Neighborhood Plan
o Northwest Subarea Plan
o Old Town Area Plan
o Prospect Road Streetscape Program
o South College Corridor Plan
o State Highway 392 Access Control Plan
o West Central Neighborhoods Plan
o West Side Neighborhood Plan
Transfort Strategic Operating Plan
Transit Plan: Fort Collins, Loveland, and Larimer County (1996-2002)
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 6
2. Subways: None
3. Bridges:
Master Street Plan
North Front Range Regional Transportation Plan
4. Parkways: LCUSS Streetscape Standards Update
5. Aviation Fields:
Airport Master Plan Update
The attached map entitled “Airports within the Three-Mile Area Plan
Boundary” locates all the airports within the plan area
6. Other Public Ways: None
7. Terminals for Public Transportation:
Mason Corridor Master Plan
Parks, Natural Areas, and Open Lands-related Items
1. Waterways:
Cache La Poudre River Landscape Opportunities Study
Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program
Stormwater Master Plan and Floodplain Regulations
The attached map entitled “Significant Waterways and Waterfronts within the
Three-Mile Area Plan Boundary” locates all significant waterways within the
plan area
Watershed Approach to Stormwater Quality
2. Waterfronts:
The attached map entitled “Significant Waterways and Waterfronts within the
Three-Mile Area Plan Boundary” locates all significant waterways within the
plan area
3. Playgrounds, Squares, Parks:
City Plan
Larimer County Comprehensive Parks Master Plan
Parks and Recreation Policy Plan
Poudre School District Master Plan
Subarea Plans
o Campus West Community Commercial District Planning Study Report
o CDOT US392 Environmental Overview Study
o CDOT North I-25 Environmental Impact Statement
o CDOT US287 Environmental Overview Study
o Downtown Plan
o Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Summary Report
o Downtown Strategic Plan
o East Mulberry Corridor Plan
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 7
o East Side Neighborhood Plan
o Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan
o Harmony Corridor Plan
o I-25 Subarea Plan
o Mountain Vista Subarea Plan Update
o North College Corridor Plan
o Northside Neighborhood Plan
o Northwest Subarea Plan
o Old Town Area Plan
o Prospect Road Streetscape Program
o South College Corridor Plan
o State Highway 392 Access Control Plan
o West Central Neighborhoods Plan
o West Side Neighborhood Plan
Thompson School District Master Plan
Trails Master Plan
4. Grounds, Open Spaces:
Bobcat Ridge Natural Area Management Plan – outside Growth Management
Area (GMA)
Cache La Poudre River Natural Areas Management Plan
City Plan
City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program Land Conservation and
Stewardship Master Plan
Foundation for a New Century, Colorado State University (CSU) Master Plan
2012 Update
Foothills Natural Areas Management Plan
Foothills Study
Fort Collins Parks and Recreation Policy Plans
Fossil Creek Natural Areas Management Plan
Fossil Creek reservoir Regional Open Space Management Plan
Larimer County Open Lands Master Plan
Larimer County Comprehensive Parks Master Plan
Northern Colorado Regional Planning Study
Plan for the Region Between Fort Collins and Loveland
Regional Community Separator Study
Soapstone Prairie Natural Area Management Plan – outside GMA
Subarea Plans
o Campus West Community Commercial District Planning Study Report
o CDOT US392 Environmental Overview Study
o CDOT North I-25 Environmental Impact Statement
o CDOT US287 Environmental Overview Study
o Downtown Plan
o Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Summary Report
o Downtown Strategic Plan
o East Mulberry Corridor Plan
o East Side Neighborhood Plan
o Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 8
o Harmony Corridor Plan
o I-25 Subarea Plan
o Mountain Vista Subarea Plan Update
o North College Corridor Plan
o Northside Neighborhood Plan
o Northwest Subarea Plan
o Old Town Area Plan
o Prospect Road Streetscape Program
o South College Corridor Plan
o State Highway 392 Access Control Plan
o West Central Neighborhoods Plan
o West Side Neighborhood Plan
Timnath and Windsor Community Separator Study
Utilities and Related Items
1. Public Utilities:
2007 East Larimer County Water District (ELCO) Master Plan Update
2009 Energy Policy
208 Plan
Boxelder Sanitation District Wastewater Utility Plan
City Plan
Drinking Water Quality Policy
Fort Collins-Loveland Water District Master Plan
Fort Collins Water Supply and Demand Management Policy
Fort Collins Wastewater Master Plan Update
Fort Collins Revised Water Treatment Facility Master Plan
South Fort Collins Sanitation District Master Plan for Wastewater Collection
and Treatment
Stormwater Master Plan and Floodplain Management
Water Conservation Plan
2. Terminals for Water, Light, Sanitation, Transportation, and Power Provided by
the Municipality:
2009 Energy Policy
208 Plan
City Plan
City of Fort Collins Master Street Plan
City of Fort Collins Electric Long Range Plan
Drinking Water Quality Policy
Fort Collins-Loveland Water District Master Plan
Fort Collins Water Supply and Demand Management Policy
Fort Collins Wastewater Master Plan Update
Fort Collins Revised Water Treatment Facility Master Plan
South Fort Collins Sanitation district Master Plan for Wastewater Collection
and Treatment
Stormwater Master Plan and Floodplain Management
Water Conservation Plan
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 9
Proposed Land Uses
1. Land Uses Defined within the Growth Management Area (GMA):
2009 Buildable Lands Inventory and Capacity Analysis
City Plan
City of Fort Collins Structure Plan
Fort Collins and Windsor Intergovernmental Agreement
Fort Collins and Timnath Intergovernmental Agreement
Foundation for a New Century, Colorado State University (CSU) Master Plan
2012 Update
Foundation for a New Century CSU Campus Master Plan, 2004, including:
o Agricultural Research Development and Educational Center (ARDEC)
Master Plan
o Foothills Campus Master Plan
o South Campus Master Plan
Larimer County and City of Fort Collins Intergovernmental Agreements
Subarea Plans
o Campus West Community Commercial District Planning Study Report
o CDOT US392 Environmental Overview Study
o CDOT North I-25 Environmental Impact Statement
o CDOT US287 Environmental Overview Study
o Downtown Plan
o Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Summary Report
o Downtown Strategic Plan
o East Mulberry Corridor Plan
o East Side Neighborhood Plan
o Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan
o Harmony Corridor Plan
o I-25 Subarea Plan
o Mountain Vista Subarea Plan Update
o North College Corridor Plan
o Northside Neighborhood Plan
o Northwest Subarea Plan
o Old Town Area Plan
o Prospect Road Streetscape Program
o South College Corridor Plan
o State Highway 392 Access Control Plan
o West Central Neighborhoods Plan
o West Side Neighborhood Plan
2. Land Uses Outside the GMA:
A Plan for the Region Between Fort Collins and Loveland
City of Loveland Three-Mile Area Plan
LaPorte Area Plan
Larimer County Master Plan
Loveland Comprehensive Master Plan
Loveland Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan
Northern Colorado Community Separator Study
Northern Colorado Regional Communities I-25 Corridor Plan
Town of Windsor Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 10
Town of Timnath Comprehensive Plan
Town of Wellington Comprehensive Master Plan
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 11
ATTACHMENT A: Three-Mile Plan Boundary
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 12
ATTACHMENT B: Significant Waterways and Waterfronts within the
Three‐Mile Plan Boundary
City of Fort Collins Three-Mile Plan……………………………………………………….. 13
ATTACHMENT C: Airports within the Three-Mile Plan Boundary