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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/04/2018 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 112, 2018, DECLARIAgenda Item 7 Item # 7 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 4, 2018 City Council STAFF Tracy Dyer, Engineering Project Manager Kerri Allison, Real Estate Specialist II Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 112, 2018, Declaring Certain City-Owned Property on North College Avenue as Road Right-of-Way for Suniga Road. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on August 21, 2018, declares property owned by the City as road right-of-way to be constructed and used for Suniga Road at College Avenue. The City owns a parcel of property located at 1000 North College Avenue. In 2018, the City Engineering Department designed improvements for the Suniga Road and College Avenue connection across the City’s property. The project will construct a new arterial roadway between College Avenue and Blondel Street. Improvements include construction of a complete arterial street which includes 4 travel lanes, protected bike lanes, landscaped parkways, medians, sidewalks and utility improvements. This Ordinance officially declares this City owned parcel needed for Suniga Road as road right-of-way. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, August 21, 2018 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 112, 2018 (PDF) Agenda Item 16 Item # 16 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY August 21, 2018 City Council STAFF Kerri Allison, Real Estate Specialist II Tracy Dyer, Engineering Project Manager Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 112, 2018, Declaring Certain City-Owned Property on North College Avenue as Road Right-of-Way for Suniga Road. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to declare property owned by the City as road right-of-way to be constructed and used for Suniga Road at College Avenue The City owns a parcel of property located at 1000 North College Avenue. In 2018, the City Engineering Department designed improvements for the Suniga Road and College Avenue connection across the City’s property. The project will construct a new arterial roadway between College Avenue and Blondel Street. Improvements include construction of a complete arterial street which includes 4 travel lanes, protected bike lanes, landscaped parkways, medians, sidewalks and utility improvements. This Ordinance officially declares this City owned parcel needed for Suniga Road as road right-of-way. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Suniga Road was first included in the Transportation Planning Master Street Plan in October 1999. At the time, the alignment was referred to as “New Vine Drive”. By City Council resolution in early 2015, New Vine Drive became officially known as Suniga Road. The first segment of Suniga Road between Redwood Drive and Blondel Street was completed in 2016. Development and growth near the Suniga Road alignment continues to move forward, putting increased volumes of traffic on the existing street network. Additionally, as the Lemay Avenue / Vine Drive overpass continues to be planned, this portion of Suniga Road will provide a key connection to the arterial roadway network. The City purchased the parcel located at 1000 N. College Avenue in 2007 in connection with North College improvements. The parcel is managed by the City Engineering Department. The City Engineering Department has designed right-of-way improvements associated with the alignment of Suniga Road in accordance with the City’s Master Street Plan. The design includes the City owned property as right-of-way. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS Approximately 90% of the project funds come from the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee (TCEF) and General Fund. The City 2017-2018 BFO process approved transportation offer 1.12 - “Suniga Road Improvements”. The project is being coordinated closely with COFC Utilities staff that will include system upgrades. ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 16 Item # 16 Page 2 ATTACHMENTS 1. Location Map for Suniga-College ROW Dedication (PDF) -1- ORDINANCE NO. 112, 2018 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DECLARING CERTAIN CITY-OWNED PROPERTY ON NORTH COLLEGE AVENUE AS ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR SUNIGA ROAD WHEREAS, the City owns a parcel of property located at 1000 North College Avenue in Fort Collins as more particularly described on Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Property”); and WHEREAS, the City purchased the Property in 2007 in connection with improvements to North College Avenue; and WHEREAS, the City’s Engineering Department intends to construct a new arterial roadway (Suniga Road) across the Property between College Avenue and Blondel Street (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, to accommodate the Project, Engineering is seeking to convert the Property to road right-of-way; and WHEREAS, to establish a public record that the Property is intended for use by the City as right-of-way for a public roadway 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 recommends that the City Council declare the Property to be right-of-way; and WHEREAS, converting property owned by the City in fee simple to right-of-way constitutes a conveyance of an interest in such property, as doing so creates certain public rights in the property that would not otherwise exist on City-owned property; and WHEREAS, Section 23-111(a) of the City Code authorizes the City Council to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of any interests in real property owned by the City, provided the City Council first finds, by ordinance, that such sale or other disposition is in the best interests 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 makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That the City Council hereby declares that the real property described on Exhibit “A” shall constitute right-of-way for City streets 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 interests of the City. -2- Section 3. 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 once the Ordinance becomes effective in accordance with Article II Section 7 of the City Charter. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of August, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of September, A.D. 2018. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of September, A.D. 2018. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk