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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/16/2014 - RESOLUTION 2014-110 ADOPTING THE 2014 UPDATE TO THAgenda Item 14 Item # 14 Page 1 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: Agenda Item 14 Item # 14 Page 2 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) Agenda Item 14 Item # 14 Page 3 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. - 1 - 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 City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 5 December 2, 2014 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 City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 6 December 2, 2014 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 City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 7 December 2, 2014 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 City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 8 December 2, 2014  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 City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 9 December 2, 2014 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 City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 10 December 2, 2014 ATTACHMENT A: Three-Mile Plan Boundary City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 11 December 2, 2014 ATTACHMENT B: Significant Waterways and Waterfronts within the Three-Mile Plan Boundary City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 12 December 2, 2014 ATTACHMENT C: Airports within the Three-Mile Plan Boundary City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2014 Update Page 13 December 2, 2014