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OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE 2021 CIVIC CENTER MASTER PLAN
WHEREAS, in 1996 the City Council approved Resolution 96-86 adopting a Civic Center
Master Plan as an amendment to the Downtown Plan, which was an element of the City's then-
current Comprehensive Plan (the "1996 Master Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the 1996 Master Plan was prepared in cooperation with Larimer County to
guide the development of a twelve-block area of downtown, including joint planning of local
government facilities such as the Civic Center Parking Structure, the City office building at 215
North Mason,and the Larimer County Justice Center and the County Courthouse Offices building;
and
WHEREAS, in 2014 the City's Operation Services Department completed the Block 32/42
- Civic Center Vision Plan regarding future development of City buildings on two blocks in the
Civic Center area (the "Vision Plan"); and
WHEREAS,the City Council adopted an updated Downtown Plan in 2017,and an updated
Comprehensive Plan ("City Plan") in 2019; and
WHEREAS, as part of the 2021 budget the City Council funded an update to the Vision
Plan, which is also called the Civic Center Master Plan ("CCMP") but is focused mostly on a
smaller area than the 1996 Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the CCMP is intended to identify space planning needs and efficiencies for
current and future City staffing, and develop a new conceptual master plan for Blocks 32 and 42;
and
WHEREAS the CCMP accounts for City facilities constructed since 2015 and provides a
design concept and cost estimates for new City Hall facilities and the Civic Center campus, and it
identifies buildings to be acquired by the City and City buildings to be sold and demolished; and
WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the proposed CCMP at its Work Session on July
27, 2021, and provided comments; and
WHEREAS, the CCMP is intended to be an amendment to the Downtown Plan, which is
an element of City Plan, and is therefore a capital improvements plan for purposes of spending
general government capital expansion fee proceeds under Section 7.5-31 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the proposed CCMP is in the best
interests of the residents of the City.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
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Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the Civic Center Master Plan dated November 10, 2021, a copy of
which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this
Resolution by reference,and adopted as an amendment to the Downtown Plan, which is an element
of City Plan, and constitutes a capital improvements plan for purposes of Section 7.5-31 of the
City Code.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 16th
day of November, A.D. 2021.
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Interim City CIerk
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