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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 17, 2013
City Council
STAFF
Pete Wray, Senior City Planner
SUBJECT
Resolution 2013-105 Adopting the 2013 Update to the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to update the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado (Plan).
The Plan is a policy document for coordinating future annexation and provision of services, required to be
updated annually per Colorado Revised Statutes. Section 31-12-105 of the State Statutes requires that
cities complete a plan within three miles in any direction from any point of its municipal boundary. The
Plan describes the general location, character, utilities, and infrastructure for areas of potential
annexation.
This State required annual update is routine and recurring and highlights the 2013 changes to approved
plans and other documents applicable to those areas defined in the State Statutes. There are very few
changes in this year’s annual update from 2012’s update.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
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. Around 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 requires the City to complete a plan 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 first 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 4, 2012.
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This Three-Mile Plan describes each of the items listed in the Statute in four categories:
Transportation-related items:
1. Streets
2. Subways
3. Bridges
4. Parkways
5. Aviation Fields
6. Terminals for Transportation
Parks, Natural Areas and Open Lands-related items:
7. Waterways
8. Waterfronts
9. Playgrounds
10. Squares
11. Parks
12. Grounds
13. Open Spaces
Utilities and related items:
14. Public Utilities
15. Terminals for Water, Light, Sanitation, and Power Provided by the Municipality
Proposed Land Uses:
16. Inside Growth Management Area (GMA)
17. Outside Growth Management Area (GMA)
The Plan lists the plans, policies, maps, and other documents that have been adopted by the City of Fort
Collins which generally describe the proposed location, character and extent of the specific
characteristics listed above. In addition, there are some plans and policies that have been adopted, not
by the City of Fort Collins, but also by Larimer County, Colorado State University, or adjoining
municipalities, as these are also located within the boundaries of the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort
Collins, Colorado.
Since Fort Collins has an established Growth Management Area boundary (GMA) and Intergovernmental
Agreement with Larimer County pertaining to future annexation within the GMA, the information included
in the Plan certainly applies there, yet less applicable for lands within the three-mile area beyond the
GMA.
The annual update to the Plan represents a routine and recurring action, to ensure the City complies with
the State Statute requirements. There have been very few changes to plans and other documents since
the previous year. In Section II of the Plan, revised and updated plans and other documents that were
approved in 2013 are listed. Changes and additions to these plans are indicated in bold. Any plans that
are no longer applicable for this assessment are indicated with strike out for deletions.
Summary of approved new/revised Plans and other Documents, and deletions in 2013:
Transportation-related Items:
Streetscape Design Standards (Fort Collins)
Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (LCUASS) – Amendments
Master Street Plan - Amendments (Fort Collins)
Harmony Road ETC Master Plan (Fort Collins)
Parks, Natural Areas, and Open Lands-related Items:
Timnath Community Separator Study
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Utilities and related Items:
Energy Policy - 2013 Annual update (Fort Collins)
2009 Energy Policy
Proposed Land Uses:
Midtown Plan (Fort Collins)
Harmony Road ETC Master Plan
Town of Timnath Comprehensive Plan - 2013 Update
City of Fort Collins Intergovernmental Agreements - 2013 (South Fort Collins Loveland Water
District, Town of Timnath )
City Plan and related elements provide sufficient guidance for managing growth within the GMA, and to
some degree outside the GMA for contextual purposes. More specifically, the City Structure Plan map
shows future land use designations to provide direction for potential annexation and zoning within the
GMA. City Plan takes into account all land that is functionally related to the growth of the municipality, not
just land within three miles of the municipal boundary. Although the Three-Mile Plan is similar to City
Plan, it goes further in requiring the location, character and extent of future utilities and infrastructure as
well as proposed land uses for the area. As such, the three-Mile Plan takes a broader approach to the
annexation and development of land.
The three maps that are included in the Plan reflect the general resources, and infrastructure for
significant waterways and airports within the Three-Mile area of the City.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACT
There are no direct financial/economic impacts tied to the adoption of the 2013 update to the Three-Mile
Plan.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
There are no direct environmental impacts tied to the adoption of the 2013 update to the Three-Mile Plan.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
On November 14, 2013 the Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously (7-0) on consent to forward a
recommendation to Council to approve the 2013 Plan update.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The 2013 update to the Plan did not include any public outreach. The plans that were updated this year
listed in the Three-Mile Plan did include public outreach.
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RESOLUTION 2013-105
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE 2013 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
17th day December A.D. 2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
City Clerk
Three-Mile Plan for the
City Of Fort Collins
Prepared by Planning Services, October, 2013
2013 Update
EXHIBIT A
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
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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 for
coordinating future annexation and provision of services, required to be updated
annually per Colorado Revised Statutes. Section 31-12-105 of the State Statutes
requires that cities complete a plan within three miles in any direction from any point of
such municipal boundary. The purpose of the Plan is to describe the general location,
character, utilities, and infrastructure for areas of potential annexation. In comparison to
a specific annexation impact report, the Three-Mile Plan takes a broader approach to
the annexation and development of land. A proposed annexation should be consistent
with the municipality’s Comprehensive Plan and Three-Mile Plan, in addition to other
policies.
The required annual update is routine and recurring, highlighting the 2013 changes to
approved plans and other documents applicable to those areas defined in the State
Statutes.
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:
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Waterways
Waterfronts
Playgrounds
Squares
Parks
Grounds
Open Spaces
Utilities and Related Items:
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)
For each of these four categories, the plans, policies, maps, and other documents are
identified that have been adopted by the Fort Collins City Council, which generally
describe the proposed location, character and extent of the specific characteristics listed
above. In addition, there are some plans and policies that have been adopted by others
such as Larimer County, CSU or adjoining municipalities, also located within the
boundaries of the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado.
There have been very few changes to plans since the previous year. In Section II
below, revised and updated plans and other documents that were approved in 2013 are
listed. Changes and additions to these plans are indicated in bold. Any plans that are
no longer applicable for this assessment are struck through for deletions.
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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 ETC 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
Fort Collins Streetscape Design Standards
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
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Transfort Strategic Operating Plan
Transit Plan: Fort Collins, Loveland, and Larimer County (1996-2002)
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
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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
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
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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
Timnath Community Separator Study
Wellington Community Separator Study
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
Energy Policy – 2013 Annual update (Fort Collins Utilities)
2. Terminals for Water, Light, Sanitation, Transportation, and Power Provided by
the Municipality:
2009 Energy Policy
Energy Policy – 2013 Annual update (Fort Collins Utilities)
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
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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
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
City of Fort Collins Intergovernmental Agreements (Town of Timnath,
South Fort Collins/Loveland Water District)
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 Harmony Road ETC Master 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
o Midtown Plan
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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
Town of Timnath Comprehensive Plan Update, April 2013
Town of Wellington Comprehensive Master Plan
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ATTACHMENT A: Three-Mile Plan Boundary
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ATTACHMENT C: Airports within the Three-Mile Plan Boundary
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