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Home My WebLink About014 - 02/15/1994 - APPROPRIATING STORM DRAINAGE FUND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES ORDINANCE NO. 14, 1994 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING STORM DRAINAGE FUND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES WHEREAS, storm drainage fees are collected in the Old Town Basin to fund the construction of master plan basin improvements as well as minor capital improvements; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has adopted the Old Town Master Drainage Plan; and WHEREAS, the Old Town Master Drainage Plan includes the construction of wetlands along the Poudre River for the purpose of cleaning stormwater before discharge into the Poudre River; and WHEREAS, the Willow Run Partnership is the owner of approximately 25 acres of land bordering the Poudre River and has offered to sell the property to the City; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 4, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the "Charter") requires that capital projects be itemized in the budget by individual project; and WHEREAS, the result of such itemization is that each individual capital project in the budget is treated as a separate fund; and WHEREAS, appropriations in the Old Town Drainage Basin are insufficient to cover the $55,746 cost of this acquisition or to cover the $14,254 needed for environmental assessment, clean-up and restoration of the Property; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 7, of the Charter authorizes the City Council to provide by ordinance for payment of any expense from reserves accumulated in prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not appropriated for expenditures in the annual appropriation ordinance; and WHEREAS, funds to cover this expenditure are available from prior year reserves in the Storm Drainage fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Storm Drainage fund the sum of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000) for expenditure from the Old Town Basin Improvements capital project, to be used for the acquisition of real property along the Poudre River (described on the attached Exhibit "A, " which is incorporated herein by this reference) for a wetland project, and for environmental assessment, cleanup, restoration and related costs. Introduced, considered favorable on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of February, A.D. 1994, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of February, A.D. 1994. MAYor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th d o February, 0 1994. r ATTEST: 2 City Clerk Page 1 of 2 EXHIBIT "A" A part of the S 1/2 of Section 12, Township 7 North, Range 69 West of the 6th P.M. , Larimer County, Colorado, and a part of Blocks 10, E. F,- and G in_ the City of Fort- Col l i ns,_ (_o7_orado-,- which- is- more- particularly described as follows: Considering the North line of the SE 1/4 of said Section 12 as bearing S 89 degrees 57 minutes E and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto is contained within the boundary lines which begin at a point which bears S 89 degrees 57 minutes E 720. 63 feet and again S 09 degrees 06 minutes 15 seconds W 813 . 90 feet from the center 1/4 corner of said Section 12 and run thence S 09 degrees 06 minutes 15 seconds W 985.83 feet to a point on the Northerly line of the tract of land described in Book 830 at Page 8 of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder's Office; thence along said Northerly line, N 79 degrees 55 minutes W 189. 00 feet and again S 40 degrees 55 minutes W 6. 80 feet to a point on the Northeasterly line of the Colorado & Southern Railroad; thence along said Northeasterly line, N 48 degrees 48 minutes W 316. 67 feet to a point on the East line of the SW 1/4 of said Section 12 ; thence along said East line, N 00 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds W 26. 70 feet; thence along the Northeasterly line of the Colorado & Southern Railroad, N 48 degrees 48 minutes W 450. 50 feet and again along the arc of a 1, 096. 30 foot radius curve to the right a distance of 640. 35 feet, the long chord of which bears N 32 degrees 04 minutes W 631. 32 feet and again N 15 degrees 20 minutes W 254 . 31 feet to a point on the Westerly line of the tract of land described in Book 1406 at Page 920 of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder's Office; thence along the Westerly, Southerly, and Easterly lines of said tract, S 23 degrees 38 minutes 30 seconds E 76.82 feet and again N 51 degrees 42 minutes 30 seconds E 58.50 feet and again N 04 degrees 13 minutes 30 seconds E 310. 00 feet; thence N 00 degrees 06 minutes 10 seconds E 36.91 feet to the Northwest corner of the tract of land described in Book 1157 at Page 230 of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder' s Office; thence along the approximate centerline of the Cache La Poudre River, S 31 degrees 37 minutes E 155. 97 feet and again S 27 degrees 06 minutes E 169. 50 feet and again S 34 minutes 36 seconds E 115. 63 feet and again S 78 degrees 56 minutes E 28 . 01 feet and again N 85 degrees 31 minutes 50 seconds E 254 . 40 feet and again S 76 degrees 49 minutes 10 seconds E 280. 03 feet and again S 70 degrees 20 minutes 24 seconds E 252 . 58 feet and again S 33 degrees 22 minutes E 253 . 90 feet; thence N 56 degrees 38 minutes E 84 .70 feet to the point of beginning, containing 24 . 443 acres more or less and being subject to a sanitary sewer easement along the Southwesterly line of the above described tract as recorded in Book 830 at Page 8 of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder' s Office. AND ALSO, A portion of the SW 1/4 of Section 12, Township 7 North, Range 69 West of the 6th P.M. and a part of Block 10, City of Fort Collins Page- 2- of ' which considering the North line of the SE 1/4 of said Section 12 as bearing S 89 degrees 57 minutes E and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto, is contained within the boundary lines which begin at a point which bears N 48 degrees 43 minutes W 40. 00 feet and again N 41 degrees 17 minutes E 6. 63 feet from the North corner of Lot 1 of said Block 10 and run thence N 41 degrees 17 minutes E 61.50 feet; thence N 51 degrees 47 minutes E 150. 00 feet; thence S 04 degrees 15 minutes W 310. 00 feet; thence S 51 degrees 44 ' W 58. 50 feet; thence N 23 degrees 48 minutes 48 seconds W 213 . 04 feet; thence N 48 degrees 43 minutes W 5. 77 feet; thence N 06 degrees 11 minutes 20 seconds E 7 . 70 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT parcel conveyed to City of Fort Collins for Highway purposes recorded in Book 1723 at Page 324 .