HomeMy WebLinkAbout143 - 09/18/2001 - AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF 157.09 ACRES OF LAND ON THE FORMER ROCKWELL RANCH TO THE US FOREST SER ORDINANCE NO. 143, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF 157.09 ACRES OF
LAND ON THE FORMER ROCKWELL RANCH TO
THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PAYMENT OF
$353,500, AS PART OF A THREE-WAY EXCHANGE BETWEEN
THE CITY, THE FOREST SERVICE, AND
THE WINTER PARK RECREATION ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is the owner of that certain real property (hereinafter
"Parcel B")located in Larimer County,Colorado,previously known as Rockwell Ranch,which was
purchased by the water utility for water utility purposes, a portion of which, totaling 157.09 acres
in size, is more particularly described as follows:
Township 8 North, Range 72 West
Section 19: Lots 3 and 4; NE1/4SW1/4,NWl/4SE1/4
and
WHEREAS,Parcel B is an enclave within the Roosevelt National Forest,and is not needed
by the Water Utility for the purposes originally contemplated; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy and objective of United States Forest Service ("USFS") to
arrange for the exchange of such enclave properties for outholdings of USFS that are not within the
boundaries of national forest land, in order to consolidate said lands and improve efficiency and
effectiveness of the management of those lands; and
WHEREAS,the Winter Park Recreation Association("Winter Park")owns property which,
combined with Parcel B, totals 1,744 acres of land proposed to be conveyed to the USFS in
exchange for 13.6 acres of property owned by USFS and located at the west portal of the Moffat
Tunnel,a railroad tunnel and a water pipeline that link the Fraser River Valley with the Platte River
drainage (the "USFS Property"); and
WHEREAS,the USFS Property is mostly developed land that Winter Park proposes to use
for administration facilities, emergency services, parking and a bike trail, all subject to best
management practices for wetland and floodplain avoidance, integrated sediment traps, vegetated
buffers, and prompt stabilization and revegetation; and
WHEREAS,in order to make available Parcel B for conveyance to the USFS in connection
with the proposed exchange, Winter Park has agreed to pay to the City the amount of$353,500,
which City staff agrees represents the fair market value of Parcel B; and
WHEREAS, Section 23-111 of the City Code provides that the City Council is authorized
to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of real property owned by the City,provided the Council first
finds by ordinance that any sale or disposition of real property owned by the City will not materially
impair the viability of any City utility system as a whole of which the property is a part, will be for
the benefit of the City's citizens, and will be 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 above-described conveyance of Parcel B, in exchange for the
payment of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($353,500),will not materially impair the viability of the City's water utility as a whole,will be for
the benefit of the City's citizens, and is in the best interests of the City.
Section 2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute such documents of
conveyance or commitment as are necessary to convey Parcel B to USFS and as are otherwise
necessary to carry out the terms of the above-described exchange between USFS and Winter Park,
consistent with the terms and conditions described above.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
September, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of September, A.D.
2001. i
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of September, A.D. 2001.
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