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HomeMy WebLinkAbout154 - 12/15/2020 - DECLARING CERTAIN CITY-OWNED PROPERTY ON ARAPAHO BEND NATURAL AREA AS ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY-1- ORDINANCE NO. 154, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DECLARING CERTAIN CITY-OWNED PROPERTY ON ARAPAHO BEND NATURAL AREA AS ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY WHEREAS, the City owns 545 acres of property in southeast Fort Collins known as Arapaho Bend Natural Area (the “City Property”); and WHEREAS, the Natural Areas Department (NAD) is planning to enlarge and improve one of the parking lots serving the City Property as it is often at capacity, resulting in overflow parking along Strauss Cabin Road and resulting safety issues; and WHEREAS, the proposed construction project (the “Project”) would provide 33 parking spaces including paved ADA parking, a vault toilet, and a paved connection to the Poudre River trail; and WHEREAS, the Project triggers the City’s development review process, dedication of road right of way, and the payment of local street improvement fees in lieu of constructing the local street improvements; and WHEREAS, NAD has platted the three-acre site of the parking lot, which has only 500 feet of frontage along Strauss Cabin Road, and in doing so has limited the local street fees due in connection with development of the parking lot to the 500 feet attributable to the area that will actually be developed instead of the full mile of the City Property’s entire natural area frontage along Strauss Cabin Road; and WHEREAS, the proposed Arapaho Bend Ponds Subdivision plat, attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference (the “Plat”), includes the dedication of a 500 foot-long, 12 foot-wide right-of-way along Strauss Cabin Road (approximately .14 acres) in the area indicated on Exhibit “A”; and WHEREAS, NAD will also pay the Transportation Department $114,000 in local street fees for the 500 feet of street frontage adjacent to the new parking lot; and WEHREAS, Transportation plans to use these funds to help construct sidewalk improvements on the north side of Harmony Road from Lady Moon Drive to Strauss Cabin Road, which will provide pedestrian/bicycle access to the City Property from nearby neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, converting a piece of property owned by the City in fee simple to right-of- way is tantamount to a conveyance of an interest in the property, as doing so creates certain public rights in the property that would not otherwise exist on City-owned property; and WHEREAS, Section 23-111 of the City Code authorizes the City Council to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of any interests in real property owned by the City, provided the City Council first finds, by ordinance, that such sale or other disposition is in the best interest of the City; and !"`$ E Ha r m o n y Rd E Horsetooth Rd Strauss Cabin RdMariah Ln Chinook Ln Arapaho Bend Natural AreaProposed Parking Lot Printed: April 16, 2019 0 250 500 750 1,000Feet 1:8,000Scale © Path: S:\Engineering\Projects\Capital Projects\Maps\Arapaho Bend Parking Lot\Arapaho Bend Parking Lot Vicinity Map.mxd CITY OF FORT COLLINSGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MAP PRODUCTS These map products and all underlying data are developed for use by the City of Fort Collins for its internal purposes only,and were not designed or intended for general use by members of the public. The City makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness, and in particular, accuracy in labeling or displaying dimensions, contours, property boundaries, or placement of location of any map features thereon. THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS MAKES NO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR WARRANTY FOR FITNESS OF USE FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THESE MAP PRODUCTS OR THE UNDERLYING DATA. Any user of these map products, map applications, or data, accepts them AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS, and assumes all responsibility of the use thereof, and further covenants and agrees to hold the City harmless from and against all damage, loss, or liability arising from any use of this map product, in consideration of the City's having made this information available. Independent verification of all data contained herein should be obtained by any users of these products, or underlying data. The City disclaims, and shall not be held liable for any and all damage, loss, or liability, whether direct, indirect, or consequential, which arises or may arise from these map products or the use thereof by any person or entity. Legend Arapaho Bend Proposed Parking Lot Arapaho Bend Parcel EXHIBIT A