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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 20, 2016
City Council
STAFF
Ryan Mounce, City Planner
SUBJECT
Resolution 2016-094 Adopting the 2016 Update to the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to adopt the 2016 update to the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins. This
Plan is a policy document for the coordination and provision of services for potential annexations, and
describes the general location, character, utilities, and infrastructure for areas within three miles of the
municipal boundary. Annual updates to the Three-Mile Plan are required by state statutes.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
State statutes limit municipal annexations to no more than three miles beyond municipality boundaries in any
given year, and require municipalities to prepare and adopt a “Three-Mile Plan” prior to annexing land. The
Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins is updated annually to comply with state statutes.
Although the City of Fort Collins employs a fixed Growth Management Area (GMA) and associated policies, a
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.
City Plan and related elements provide sufficient guidance for managing growth within the GMA, and to some
extent outside the GMA for contextual purposes. Although the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins is
similar to City Plan, it takes a broader approach to the annexation and the development of land by referencing
a comprehensive list of plans, policies, maps, and other documents adopted by the City pertaining to the
location, character, and extent of future utilities, land uses, and infrastructure.
This annual update represents a routine and recurring action to ensure the City complies with state statutes.
Section II of the Three-Mile Plan highlights in bold text the newly-adopted or revised plans, policies, and maps
since the 2015 update. The Three-Mile Plan also includes four maps displaying the general resources,
waterways, airfields, and land-uses within the three-mile area around City boundaries.
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BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
On November 10, 2016, the Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously to recommend that City Council
approve the 2016 update to the Three-Mile Plan for the City of Fort Collins on the Board’s Consent Agenda.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The 2016 update to the Three-Mile Plan did not include any public outreach. The updated plans referenced
and listed within the Three-Mile Plan included their own separate outreach efforts.
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RESOLUTION 2016-094
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE 2016 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
annexing land in the State must prepare and annually update a plan for the geographic area
within three miles in any direction from the municipality’s boundaries (a “Three-Mile Plan”);
and
WHEREAS, a Three-Mile 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, and has been
annually updated since that time; and
WHEREAS, City staff has prepared and presented to the City Council a proposed 2016
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
20th day December A.D. 2016.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2016 Update Page 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................................................................................................ 8
ATTACHMENT A: Three-Mile Plan Boundary.............................................................. 10
ATTACHMENT B: Significant Waterways and Waterfronts within the Three-Mile Plan
Boundary....................................................................................................................... 11
ATTACHMENT C: Airports within the Three-Mile Plan Boundary ................................ 12
ATTACHMENT D: Land Uses within the Three-Mile Plan Boundary……………………13
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2016 Update Page 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 for
coordinating future annexation and provision of services, required to be updated
annually per Colorado Revised Statutes Section 31-12-105.
The Three-Mile Plan describes the general location, character, utilities, and
infrastructure for the areas of potential annexation within three miles in any direction of
the municipal boundary. 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.
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.
Updates to the Three-Mile Plan are routine and occur on an annual basis. The 2016
update highlights the changes to approved plans and other documents applicable to
those areas defined in the State Statutes since the prior year’s update.
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 2016 Update Page 4
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, Colorado State University, or adjoining
municipalities, that are also located within the boundaries of the Three-Mile Plan for the
City of Fort Collins, Colorado.
There have been relatively few changes to existing plans or newly-adopted plans within
the three-mile study area since the previous year. Section II highlights newly-adopted or
revised plans and documents adopted in the preceding year in bold.
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2016 Update Page 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
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 2016 Update Page 6
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
West Elizabeth Enhanced Travel Corridor Plan
2. Subways: None
3. Bridges:
Master Street Plan
North Front Range Regional Transportation Plan
4. Parkways:
Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards
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
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2016 Update Page 7
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
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
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2016 Update Page 8
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 2016 Update
South Fort Collins Sanitation District Master Plan for Wastewater Collection
and Treatment
Stormwater Criteria Manual
Stormwater Master Plan and Floodplain Management
Water Conservation Plan
Water Efficiency 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 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 2016 Update
South Fort Collins Sanitation district Master Plan for Wastewater Collection
and Treatment
Stormwater Criteria Manual
Stormwater Master Plan and Floodplain Management
Water Conservation Plan
Water Efficiency Plan
Proposed Land Uses
1. Land Uses Defined within the Growth Management Area (GMA):
City Plan
City of Fort Collins Structure Plan
Fort Collins and Larimer County Intergovernmental Agreement
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2016 Update Page 9
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
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
Larimer County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation 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 2016 Update Page 10
ATTACHMENT A: Three-Mile Plan Boundary
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2016 Update Page 11
ATTACHMENT B: Significant Waterways and Waterfronts within
the Three-Mile Plan Boundary
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2016 Update Page 12
ATTACHMENT C: Airports within the Three-Mile Plan Boundary
City of Fort Collins – Three-Mile Plan 2016 Update Page 13
ATTACHMENT D: Land Uses within the Three-Mile Plan
Boundary