HomeMy WebLinkAbout068 - 07/05/2011 - AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION OF 1.75 ACRES OF LAND FROM LARIMER COUNTY AND APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE NO. 068, 2011
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION
OF 1.75 ACRES OF LAND FROM LARIMER COUNTY AND APPROPRIATING
UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE NATURAL AREAS FUND
WHEREAS, in 1976, Larimer County acquired a 1.75 acre parcel along the Poudre River,
the legal description of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this
reference (the "Property"), that is located adjacent to the north end of the Arapaho Bend Natural
Area; and
WHEREAS, the Property contains the foundation and stone walls of the historic Strauss
Cabin; and
WHEREAS,the Natural Areas Fund owns and manages the Arapaho Bend Natural Area that
is adjacent to and south of the Property; and
WHEREAS, Larimer County desires to donate the Property to the City's Natural Areas
Program; and
WHEREAS, the value of the Property is estimated to be $8,400; and
WHEREAS, it would not be a significant expense for the Natural Areas Program to manage
the Property as part of the Arapaho Bend Natural Area; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the donation of the Property by Larimer County
will assist the City in meeting its goals for natural areas programs; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter permits the City Council to make
supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year, provided that the total
amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with all previous appropriations for that
fiscal year does not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received
during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined.that the appropriation of the donated land, as
described herein, will not cause the total amount appropriated in the relevant funds to exceed the
current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received in that fund during the fiscal year;
and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to authorize the acceptance of the donation
of the Property from Larimer County and to appropriate$8,400 of unanticipated revenue in the form
of a donation of land in the Natural Areas Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby approves and authorizes the acceptance by the
Mayor of a deed of conveyance of the Property for the Natural Areas Program.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the Natural Areas Fund the sum of EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS
($8,400) for Natural Areas Program purposes.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading,and ordered published this 7th day of June,
A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of July, A.D. 2011.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of July, A.D. 2011.
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Exhibit "A"
A tract of land in the SW1/4 of Section 27, Township 7 North, Range 68 West of
the 6th P.M., Larimer County, Colorado, more particularly described as follows:
Consider the south line of the SW1A of said Section 27 as bearing N 89°21'50" E
and with all bearings herein relative thereto:
Beginning at a point on the north right-of-way line of County Road No. 40, thirty
feet northerly of the section line, from whence the southwest corner of said
Section 27 bears S 83021'40" W a distance of 286.90 feet;
Thence N 5107' E a distance of 312.30 feet; thence N 12034' W a distance of
125.41 feet; thence N 33121' E a distance of 293.08 feet; thence S 61111' E a
distance of 177.55 feet to a point 15 feet more or less easterly of the westerly
bank of the Cache La Poudre River; thence along a line 15 feet easterly of the
westerly bank of the Cache La Poudre River on the following three courses: S
43030' W a distance of 197.21 feet; thence S 11142' W a distance of 269.67 feet;
thence S 01019' W a distance of 183.91 feet; thence leaving the Cache La
Poudre River and along the northerly right-of-way line of County Road No. 40 S
89021'50" W a distance of 122.05 feet to the point of beginning.
Said tract contains 1.75 acres more or less.