HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021CV30426 - City Of Fort Collins V. Aaron Million, Jordan Fox-Million; Million Agricultural Investments, Ltd., Arlo Richardson Aka Arlo Lee Richardson; The Pleasant Valley And Lake Canal Ditch Company - 064 - Stipulation City And PvlcDocusignEnvelopeID:3D3F038D•D99D4FE7-9SFE$D120663328EDistrictCourt,LarimerCounty,Colorado201LaporteAvenue,Suite100FortCollins,Colorado80521(970)494-3500Plaintiff:CITYOFFORTCOLLINS,aColoradohomerulemunicipality,CourtUseOnlyDefendants:AARONMILLIONetal.Atton;ejsforP/am/zJJPeterJ.Dauster(#37139)DanielM.St.JohnII(#46653)JohnsonMuffly&Dauster,PC323SouthCollegeAvenue,SuiteIFortCollins,Colorado80524Telephone:970-482-4846;FAX:970-482-3038pdauster@nocolawgroup.comCaseNo.21CV30426dstjohn@nocolawgroup.comIngridE.Decker(#28594)Courtroom:SBSeniorAssistantCityAttorneyFortCollinsCityAttorney’sOffice300LaPorteAve.FortCollins,Colorado80321Telephone:970-416-2353Email:idecker@fcgov.comSTIPULATIONWITHPLEASANTVALLEYANDLAKECANALCOMPANYComenowplaintiffCityofFortCollins,throughcounsel,anddefendantPleasant\‘alleyandLakeCanalCompany,throughcounsel,tosubmitthefollowingstipulation(“Stipulation”):I.PartiesandDisputedProperty1.PlaintiffCityofFortCollins(“City”)isaColoradohomerulemunicipality.2.DefendantThePleasantVaUeyandLakeCanalCompany(“PVLC”)isaColoradononprofitcorporationwithaprinctpalofficeat207WindflowerWay,Severance,Colorado80550.3.Thisstipulationconcernsthefollowingrealproperty,whichtheCitypurchasedviaaquitclaimdeedfromtheColoradoStateUniversityResearchFoundation,Inc.recordedwiththeLarimerCountyClerkandRecorder’sofficeatReceptionNo.20070087383onNovember26,2007:AtractoflandbeinglocatedintheNorthHalfofSection5,Township7North,Range69Westofthe6thPrincipalMeridian,CountyofLarimer,StateofColoradoandbeingmoreparticularlydescribedasfollows:IDATE FILED: September 29, 2022 3:36 PM FILING ID: F5A371421879D CASE NUMBER: 2021CV30426
DocusignEnvelopeID:3D3F038D-D99D-4FE7-9BFE-5D120663328EConsideringtheNorth-SouthcenterlineofsaidSection6asbearingSouth01°10’36”Westandwithallbearingscontainedhereinrelativethereto:CommencingattheNorthQuartercornerofsaidSection6;thence,alongsaidNorth-Southcenterline,South01°10’36”West,1,204.22feettoapointbeingontheSoutherlylineofTractBofthattractoflanddescribedatReceptionNo.90023068onfileattheOfficeoftheClerkandRecorderofsaidLarimerCounty;thence,alongsaidSoutherlylineandtheSoutherlylineofTractCofthattractoflanddescribedatsaidReceptionNo.90023068bythefollowingfour(4)coursesanddistances,South75°4801”East,87.19feet;thence,North71°45’27’East,282.71feet;thence,North50°4753”East,450.98feet;thence,North66°3017”East,2,100.78feettoapointbeingtheNortheastcornerofsaidSection6;thence,alongtheEastlineoftheNortheastQuartetofsaidSection6,South00°16’16”\Vest,2,730.79feettothePOINTOFBEGINNING,saidpointalsobeingapointontheSoutherlybankofthePleasantVaHeyandLakeCanalDitchasdescribedinthattractoflandrecordedatReceptionNo.20040053804onfileattheOfficeoftheClerkandRecorderofsaidLanmerCounty;thence,alongsaidSoutherlybankbythefollowingfour(4)coursesanddistances,South50°42’Ol”East,224.30feet,thence,South12°4601”East,254.00feet;thence,South76°0201”East,202.70feet;thence,South51°16’Ol”East,9.04feettoapointbeingontheSouthlineoftheNorthHalfofsaidSection5;thence,alongsaidSouthline,South84°21’58West,437.89feettotheWestQuartercornetofsaidsection5;thencealongtheWestlineoftheNorthHalfofsaidSection5,North00°1616’East,487.36feettothePointofBeginning.Theabove-describedtractoflandcontains90,591squarefeetor2.080acresmoreorlessandissubjecttoalleasementsandrights-of-waynowonrecordorexisting.(“DisputedProperty”).II.Venue,Jurisdiction,andOtherDefendants4,ThecourthasjurisdictionoverPVLCunderCob.Const.art.6,§9andC.R.S.section13-1-124.5.VenueisproperinthisdistrictbecausethetealpropertysubjecttothisquiettideactionisinLarimerCounty,Colorado.C.R.C.P.98(a)6.PVLCwasproperlyservedwithacopyofthesummonsandcomplaint,asevidencedbythereturnofservicepreviouslyfiledwiththecourt.7.ThisStipulationdoesnotpertaintodefendantsAaronMiffion,JordanFox-Million,MillionAgriculturalInvestments,Ltd.,ArloRichardson,Fox-MillionFarms,LLC,orallunknownpersonswhoclaimaninterestinthesubjectmatterofthisaction.2
DocuSignEnvelopeID:3D3F038D-DS9D4FE7-98FE-5D120663328EIll.StipulationRegardingDecreeofQuietTide8.TheDisputedPropertyliesadjacenttothePleasantValleyandLakeCanal(“Canal”),whichPVLCownsandmaintains,Historically,PVLChasusedpartsoftheDisputedPropertyforaccesstoandmaintenanceoftheCanal.9.TheCityandPVLCagreethatPVLChasexistingrightstoaccessandmaintaintheditchusingParcelsIandII,andtheCitydoesnotintendtoeliminateorinterferewiththoserightsthroughthisaction,ParcelsIandIIaredepictedonExhibitItothisStipulation.10.OtherthantheaccessandmaintenancerightssetforthinParagraph9,theCityandPVLCagreethat,astoPVLC,theCityownstheDisputedPropern’infeesimpleandthatPVLChasnointerestintheDisputedProperty.ii.TheCityandVVLCrequestthat,shouldtheCourtdeterminethatfeesimpletitletotheDisputedPropertyisvestedintheCity,thatthedecreequietingtitleshallincludelanguagesubstantiallysimilartothefollowing:ThisDecreedoesnotextinguishorinterferewiththePleasantValleyandLakeCanalCompany’sexistingtightstoaccessandmaintaintheditchusingtheDisputedProperty.IV.MiscellaneousProvisions12.ThepartiesacknowledgethatthisStipulationshallonlybeeffectiveiftheCourtdeterminesthattheCityisvestedwithfeesimpletitletotheDisputedProperty.IftheCourtdeterminesthattheCitydoesnothavefeesimpletidetotheDisputedProperty,thisStipulationshallhavenoforceandeffect,atnofaulttoeitherparty.13.Eachparty,bysigningbelow,representsithaslegalauthoritytoenterintothisStipulation,tobindthepartytothisStipulation,anddoessovoluntarilyandknowingly.14.ThisStipulationmaybeexecutedincounterparts,eachofwhichshallbedeemedanoriginal,andallofwhichtakentogethershallconstituteoneandthesameinstrument.Electronicallytransmittedsignaturesshallbeeffectiveasoriginals.iS.OncetheStipulationisfullyexecuted,thePartiesauthorizecounselfortheCitytofilethisdocumentwiththeCourt.16.ThisStipulationshallbebindinguponandinuretothebenefitofthepartiesandtheirrespectiveheirs,legalrepresentatives,successorsandassigns.17.EachpartytothisStipulationshallpayitsowncostsandfees.3
DocuSignEnvelopeID:3D3F038D•D9OD4FE7-9BFE-6D120663328EV.RequestforReliefWHEREFORE,forthereasonssetforthabove,theCityandPVLCrequestthatthisStipulationbemadeanorderofthecourt.Further,thepartiesrequeststhatthecourtenteradecreedeterminingthat,astoPVLC,theCityownstheDisputedPropertyinfeesimple,subjecttoPVLC’sinterestsassetforthabove.PLAINTIFFCITYOFFORTCOLLINSDocusignedby:6[)000S071003400--By:KellyDiMartino,CityManagerDEFENDANTTHEPLEASANTVALLEYANDLAKECANALCOMPANY,aColoradononprofitcorporation49/28/2022By:RobertA.MillerDate4
DocuSignEnvelopeID:3D3F038D•D99D4FE7-98FE-5D120663326ERespectfullysubmittedthisZthdayofSeptember,2022.JOHNSONMUFFLY&DAUSTER,PCcyZlolZ—Peter).Dauste(#37139)DanielM.St.JohnII(#46653)AttorneyforCi(yofFortCo//insFORTCOLLINSCITYATTORNEY’SOFFICEDocusignedby:IngridE.Decker(#28594)SeniorAssistantCityAttorneyAttomysforCi&ofFortCollinsJeffrey].Kahn(#6894)A/tornejsforPleasantVa/kjandLakeCanalCo.5
CERTIFICATEOFSERVICETHISISTOCERTIFYthatonthis____dayofSeptember2022,atrueandcorrectcopyoftheaboveandforegoingSTIPULATIONWITHPLEASANTVALLEYANDLAKECANALCOMPANYwassen-edasfollows:IngridDeckerCityAttorney’sOffice300LaPorteAvenueFortCoffins,Colorado80522Co-c;oitttse//orPlaintiffI7ta(TbAaronMillion1436WestOakFortCollins,Colorado80521L7iaU.S.Mailantiemailtomillion/@ho/mail.comJeffreyj.KahnLyonsGaddis,P.C.515KimbarkStreet,2ndRootPCBox978Longmont,Colorado80502Cotmcel/brDefrmianfPleasantVallej.’andLikeCanalCompany‘kiCCEJordanFox-Million3172StargazerCourtFortCoffins,Colorado80521ViaU.S.MailandemailtojordanJbxrnillion£nzaiLtoms11ForJohnonMuy&Dauster,PCELECTRONIC4LLYFILED:Ong’na/cigna/ureaim;m/aenedpurcuantigCRCP.111Se,.7-26attheoinofJohnsonMnfl4&Dates/erPCam!a:u/ceWejarioq.clionl’j’thec0,,,,andothertart,esuponevques/.I