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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 16, 2014
City Council
STAFF
Ryan Mounce, Associate Planner
SUBJECT
Resolution 2014-110 Adopting the 2014 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 Statues. Section 31-12-105 of state statues 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 2014 changes to approved plans and other
documents applicable to those areas defined in the state statues. There are very few changes in this year’s
annual update from the 2013 update.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
In 1987, the State Legislature modified annexation laws, limiting municipal annexations to no more than three
miles beyond current municipal boundaries in any given year. Around 1997, a provision was added requiring
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 Statues requires the City to complete a plan as follows:
Prior to 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 last amended by Council on December 17,
2013.
This Three-Mile Plan describes each of the items listed in the statute in four categories:
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Transportation-related items:
Streets
Subways
Bridges
Parkways
Aviation Fields
Terminals for Transportation
Parks, Natural Areas and Open Lands-related items:
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)
The Plan lists the plans, policies, maps, and other documents that have been adopted by the City of Fort
Collins which generally describes 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 is 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 update last year. In Section II of the Plan, revised and updated plans and other documents that were
approved since the last update in December of 2013 are listed. Changes and additions to these plans are
indicated in bold.
Summary of approved new/revised Plans and other Documents, and deletions in 2014:
Transportation-related Items:
City of Fort Collins Master Street Plan (Fort Collins)
Colorado State University Parking and Transportation Master Plan (Colorado State University)
Lincoln Corridor Plan (Fort Collins)
Midtown in Motion (Fort Collins)
Transit Oriented Development Parking Study (Fort Collins)
Parks, Natural Areas, and Open Lands-related Items:
Poudre River Downtown Master Plan (Fort Collins)
Larimer County Open Lands Master Plan (Larimer County)
Natural Areas Master Plan (Fort Collins)
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Proposed Land Uses:
Town of Wellington Comprehensive Plan (Wellington)
City of Fort Collins-Timnath Intergovernmental Agreement Seventh Amendment (Fort Collins and
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 boundaries.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS
There are no direct financial/economic impacts tied to the adoption of the 2014 update to the Three-Mile Plan.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
There are no direct environmental impacts tied to the adoption of the 2014 update to the Three-Mile Plan.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
On November 13, 2014 the Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously on consent to forward a
recommendation to Council to approve the 2014 Plan update.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The 2014 update to the Plan did not include any public outreach. The plans updated this year and referenced
by the Three-Mile Plan included their own separate public outreach.
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RESOLUTION 2014-110
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE 2014 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
16th day December A.D. 2014.
____________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
City Clerk
Three-Mile Plan for the
City Of Fort Collins
Prepared by Planning Services, October, 2013
2014 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
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 2
December 2, 2014
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 2014 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
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 3
December 2, 2014
Parks, Natural Areas and Open Lands-related Items:
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 other
jurisdictions 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 relatively few changes to plans since the previous year. In Section II
below, revised and updated plans and other documents that were approved in 2014 are
listed in bold.
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 4
December 2, 2014
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
Colorado State University Parking and Transportation Master 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
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 Lincoln Corridor Plan
o Midtown in Motion
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
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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)
Transit Oriented Development Parking Study
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
Poudre River Downtown Master Plan
Stormwater Master Plan and Floodplain Regulations
Watershed Approach to Stormwater Quality
The attached map entitled “Significant Waterways and Waterfronts within the
Three-Mile Area Plan Boundary” locates all significant waterways within the
plan area
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
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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 Lincoln Corridor Plan
o Midtown in Motion
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
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
Natural Areas Master Plan
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
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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 Lincoln Corridor Plan
o Midtown in Motion
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 Poudre River Downtown Master Plan
o South College Corridor Plan
o State Highway 392 Access Control Plan
o West Central Neighborhoods Plan
o West Side Neighborhood Plan
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
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
Fort Collins Utilities Energy Policy Update
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:
208 Plan
City Plan
City of Fort Collins Master Street Plan
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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
Fort Collins Utilities Energy Policy Update
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):
Buildable Lands Inventory
City Plan
City of Fort Collins Structure Plan
Fort Collins and Larimer County Intergovernmental Agreement
Fort Collins and Windsor Intergovernmental Agreement
Fort Collins and Timnath Intergovernmental Agreement Seventh
Amendment
Foundation for a New Century, Colorado State University (CSU) Master Plan
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 Midtown Plan
o Mountain Vista Subarea Plan Update
o North College Corridor Plan
o Northside Neighborhood Plan
o Northwest Subarea Plan
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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
Town of Timnath Comprehensive Plan
Town of Wellington Comprehensive Master Plan
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ATTACHMENT A: Three-Mile Plan Boundary
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 11
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ATTACHMENT B: Significant Waterways and Waterfronts within
the Three-Mile Plan Boundary
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 12
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ATTACHMENT C: Airports within the Three-Mile Plan Boundary
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 13
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