HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/17/2013 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 181, 2013, DECLARINAgenda Item 13
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 17, 2013
City Council
STAFF
Lindsay Kuntz, Real Estate Specialist
Timothy Kemp, Civil Engineer
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 181, 2013, Declaring Certain City-Owned Property as Road Right of Way.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to declare a strip of property owned by the City as road right-of-way that is
currently used and planned to be used in the future as Timberline Road.
The City owns parcels of property located at the southwest corner of Timberline Road and Prospect
Road. In 2005, the City constructed interim intersection improvements which widened Timberline Road
across a portion of the City’s property. Staff anticipates constructing the ultimate improvements for
Timberline Road in 2015, which will further widen Timberline Road on the City’s property. This
Ordinance officially establishes this portion needed for Timberline Road on the City’s property as public
road right of way.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The City owns parcels of property located at the southwest corner of Timberline Road and Prospect
Road. The parcels include property located at the very corner of the intersection, managed by the
Engineering Department, and the Timberline Substation property, managed by the Utility Department. In
2005, the City constructed interim intersection improvements which included the widening of Timberline
Road as funded through a Special Improvement District (SID). This widening required that road
improvements be constructed on a portion of the City-owned parcels. Engineering staff is currently in the
design phase of a project to construct the ultimate capital improvements per the Building on Basics (BOB)
ballot language. Staff anticipates this project beginning in 2015 and will be reporting back to Council in
2014 for additional project updates. This new project will require the road be further widened across the
City’s property in order to install a "free right" turn from eastbound Prospect to southbound Timberline.
Additionally, the project will add landscaped medians on Timberline and pedestrian facilities from
Prospect Road to Bear Mountain Drive. As such, staff requests that the full area of the ultimate
improvement of Timberline Road be declared road right of way.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACT
The project is funded through the Building on Basics (BOB) Funds from the voter approved quarter-cent
sales tax. The total project budget is $3,500,000.00 ($3.5 M) which includes design, right-of-way and
construction.
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
The project will have a positive impact on short and long term air quality by reducing vehicle delay, total
stops, fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. Bicycle and pedestrian facilities will be constructed per
arterial standards to the west side of Timberline Road from Prospect to Bear Mountain Drive.
Additionally, staff is evaluating the possibility of connecting the Spring Creek Trail system to the roadway
sidewalks.
Other environmental benefits stemming from the project include an improved storm sewer system with
water quality features and Low Impact Development (LID) opportunities, along with landscape
enhancements in existing medians, newly constructed medians and parkways.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The team plans to inform the public through various outreach tools, including public open houses,
individual property owner meetings and schedule updates posted on the project's website
<http://www.fcgov.com/engineering/prospect-timberline.php>.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Timberline ROW Location map (PDF)
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ORDINANCE NO. 181, 2013
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
DECLARING CERTAIN CITY-OWNED PROPERTY AS ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
WHEREAS, the City owns certain parcels of property located at the southwest corner of
Timberline Road and Prospect Road identified by the Larimer County Assessor as parcel
numbers 87191-00-928, 87191-00-918, 87191-00-917, (the “City Property”); and
WHEREAS, as part of the process of constructing interim and ultimate road
improvements for the Timberline Road and Prospect Road intersection, the City needs to utilize
a portion of the City Property for the new road improvements; and
WHEREAS, in order to establish a public record that a portion of the City Property,
which portion is more specifically described on Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and incorporated
herein by this reference, is intended for use by the City as right-of-way and related
improvements, including without limitation public utilities, pedestrian, transit and bicycle access
and improvements, landscaping, and such other related purposes as may now or in the future be
determined appropriate, staff has recommended that the City Council should declare that
property to be right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, Section 23-111(a) of the City Code provides that the City Council is
authorized to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of real property owned by the City, provided the
Council first finds by ordinance that any sale or other disposition of real property owned by the
City is in the best interest of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby declares that the real property described on
Exhibit “A” shall constitute right-of-way for Timberline Road and related improvements,
including without limitation public utilities, pedestrian, transit and bicycle access and
improvements, landscaping, and such other related purposes as may now or in the future be
determined appropriate, and hereby finds that such declaration is in the best interest of the City.
Section 2. That the City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be recorded in the real
property records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s office upon final adoption.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of
December, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of January, A.D.
2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 7th day of January, A.D. 2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Exhibit "A"
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