HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-116-12/02/2008-AUTHORIZING A TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE GRAZING LEASE WITH FOLSOM GRAZING ASSOCIATION ON SOAPSTONE P RESOLUTION 2008-116
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING A TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE GRAZING LEASE
WITH FOLSOM GRAZING ASSOCIATION ON
SOAPSTONE PRAIRIE NATURAL AREA
WHEREAS, the City is the owner of approximately 18,726 acres of land known as
Soapstone Prairie Natural Area(the "City Property") in northern Latimer County, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, in 2005, in order to continue grazing as a habitat management tool while the
management plan for the City Property is being completed, staff proposed leasing portions of the
City Property to a local grazing association; and
WHEREAS, after requesting and reviewing proposals for a grazing lease arrangement,
City staff selected as a tenant Folsom Grazing Association, the then-current lessee on portions of
the City Property; and
WHEREAS, on December 20, 2005, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 160,
2005, authorizing a grazing lease with Folsom Grazing Association on portions of the City
Property from January 2006 through December 2008 (the "2006 Lease"); and
WHEREAS, the 2006 Lease is about to expire, and staff would like to continue to lease
part of the City Property to Folsom Grazing Association for up to two additional years, with new
limits on the number of animal units and the area that can be grazed; and
WHEREAS, a copy of the negotiated grazing lease agreement, dated November 19, 2008
(the "Grazing Lease Agreement"), is on file in the Office of the City Clerk and available for
public review; and
WHEREAS, staff anticipates that the proposed Grazing Lease would generate an annual
revenue of$26,700, based on rental of$10.68 per animal unit per month; and
WHEREAS, the portion of the City Property that would be the subject of the Grazing
Lease Agreement is described on Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated herein by this reference
(the "Lease Property"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 23-114 of the City Code, the City Council is authorized
to lease, for a definite term of two years or less, any and all interests in real property owned in
the name of the City, provided that the City Council first finds, by resolution, that the lease is in
the best interests of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the proposed lease of the Lease Property to Folsom Grazing
Association is in the best interests of the City.
Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a lease agreement
in a form substantially similar to the Grazing Lease Agreement and consistent with the terms of
this Resolution, together with such additional terms and conditions as the City Manager, in
consultation with the City Attorney, determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the
interests of the City, including any necessary changes to the legal description of the Lease
Property, so long as such changes do not materially increase the size or change the character of
the Lease Property.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the un '1 of the City of Fort Collins this
2nd day of December A.D. 2008.
MayoCj
ATTEST:
City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
Legal Description of Leased Premises on Soapstone Prairie Natural Area
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BEGINNING AT THE SE CORNER OF THE E 1/2 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SAID
SECTION 11; THENCE N 01' IT 41" W, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 11,
A DISTANCE OF 485.68 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE N 54' 15' 46" W, A
DISTANCE OF 211.52 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT,
THE RADIUS OF SAID CURVE BEING 470.00 FEET, THE CENTRAL ANGLE OF
SAID CURVE BEING 220 06'28", THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE BEARS N 43° 12'
32" W, A DISTANCE OF 180.23 FEET, THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID
CURVE A DISTANCE OF 181.35 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE N 32' 09' 18" W, A
DISTANCE OF 262.96 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT,
THE RADIUS OF SAID CURVE BEING 530.00 FEET, THE CENTRAL ANGLE OF
SAID CURVE BEING 120 44' 34", THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE BEARS N 380 31'
35" W A DISTANCE OF 117.63 FEET, THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID
CURVE A DISTANCE OF 117.87 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE TO
THE RIGHT; THE RADIUS OF SAID CURVE BEING 470.00 FEET, THE CENTRAL
ANGLE OF SAID CURVE BEING 43° 30' S6", THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE
BEARS N 230 08' 24" W, A DISTANCE OF 348.44 FEET, THENCE ALONG THE
ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 356.96 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE N 01°
22' 56" W, A DISTANCE OF 891.51 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE TO
THE LEFT, THE RADIUS OF SAID CURVE, BEING 530.00 FEET, THE CENTRAL
ANGLE OF SAID CURVE BEING 11° 05' 14", THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE
BEARS N 060 55' 33" W A DISTANCE OF 102.40 FEET, THENCE ALONG THE
ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 102.56 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE N 12'
28' 10" W, A DISANCE OF 270.73 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE TO
THE LEFT, THE RADIUS OF SAID CURVE BEING 530.00 FEET, THE CENTRAL
ANGLE OF SAID CURVE BEING 040 44' 56", THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE
BEARS N 140 50' 38" W A DISTANCE OF 43.92 FEET, THENCE ALONG THE ARC
OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 43.93 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH
LINE OF THE E 1/2 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 11; THENCE WESTERLY
ALONG SAID NORTH LINE 618 FEET,MORE OR LESS, TO THE NW CORNER
OF THE E 1/2 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE SOUTHERLY
ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE E 1/2 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 11,
2676 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE SW CORNER OF THE E 1/2 OF THE NE 1/4
OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE
E 1/2 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 11, 1320 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE
TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.
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