HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-023-02/17/2004-AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH LARIMER COUNTY CONCERNING THE CULVER PROPERTY RESOLUTION 2004-023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
WITH LARIMER COUNTY CONCERNING THE CULVER PROPERTY
WHEREAS,Latimer Count has purchased 284 acres of property located in Latmer Count
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along County Road 38E south of Horsetooth Mountain Park, as more particularly described on
Exhibit"A",attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference(the"Property"),at a purchase
price of$1,500,000; and
WHEREAS,the Property lies on top of beautiful red sandstone cliffs, and the acquisition of
the Property will allow for the expansion of the existing trail system and result in the conservation
of valuable wildlife habitat and scenic lands; and
WHEREAS,and City staff has determined that the preservation of the Property is consistent
with the Natural Areas Policy adopted by the City Council in 2003; and
WHEREAS, the Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund ("GOCO") has agreed
to provide to the County a grant in the amount of $325,000 toward the purchase of the Property,
contingent upon the creation of a conservation easement on the Property to protect GOCO's interest
in it; and
WHEREAS,the County has requested that the City pay toward its purchase price the amount
of $200,000, in exchange for which the County has agreed that the City will be the holder of the
conservation easement required for the GOCO grant; and
WHEREAS, the City, the County and GOCO have negotiated a conservation easement for
the Property,a draft of which, dated February 13, 2004, is on file in the office of the City Clerk and
available for public inspection (the "Conservation Easement"); and
WHEREAS,the City is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide any
function, service or facility, such as a grant agreement, as provided in Article II, Section 16 of the
Charter of the City of Fort Collins and Section 29-1-203, C.R.S.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into the Conservation Easement, upon the
terms and conditions described above and such other terms and conditions, or subsequent
modifications or amendments, as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney,
determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the City and effectuate the
purposes set forth herein, not otherwise inconsistent with this Resolution.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 17th day of February,
A.D. 2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
P-03-5349 March 10, 2003
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION OF LOT 3, CULVER MINOR LAND DIVISION:
That portion of the Northwest Quarter of Section 1, and of the Northeast Quarter of
Section 2, both in Township 6 North, and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter
and the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 35, Township 7 North; all in
Range 70 West of the 6a' P.M., County of Larimer, State of Colorado being more
particularly described as follows:
Considering the East line of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 35 as
bearing South 00°08'01" East and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto;
BEGINNING at the Northeast comer of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; thence
along the East line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 2 South 00°20'28" West
199.62 feet; thence departing said East line North 89°13'13" East 1543.31 feet; thence
South 00°46'47" East 146.80 feet; thence South 89°14'01" West 429.28 feet; thence
South 26°38'15" West 184.87 feet; thence South 70°12'11" West 86.35 feet; thence
South 36°59'08" West 38.89 feet; thence South 25°36'09" West 71.39 feet; thence South
43°18'05" West 60.47 feet; thence South 24°31'24" West 136.33 feet; thence South
89013113" West 803.14 feet, more or less, to a point on the East line of the Northeast
Quarter of said Section 2; thence along said East line South 00°20'28" West 1740.27
feet, more or less, to the Southeast comer of said Northeast Quarter; thence along the
South line of said Northeast Quarter North 89°39'04" West 2582.24 feet, more or less, to
the Southwest comer of said Northeast Quarter; thence along the West line of said
Northeast Quarter North 01'06'00" West 2474.23 feet, more or less, to the Northwest
corner of said Northeast Quarter; thence along the South line of the Southeast Quarter of
the Southwest Quarter of said Section 35 South 88°54'00" West 1293.90 feet, more or
less, to the Southwest comer of said Southeast Quarter; thence along the West line of said
Southeast Quarter North 01*06'00" West 1345.14 feet, more or less, to the Northwest
corner of said Southeast Quarter; thence along the North line of said Southeast Quarter
North 89°51'59" East 1320.00 feet, more or less, to the Northwest corner of the South
Half of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 35; thence along the North line of said
South Half North 89°51'59" East 2641.33 feet, more or less, to the Northeast corner of
said South Half; thence along the East line of said South Half South 00°08'01" East
1278.52 feet, more or less, to the Northeast Comer of the Northeast Quarter of said
Section 2, said point also being the POINT OF BEGINNING.
The above-described parcel contains 284.51 acres, more or less, and is subject to all
existing easements and/or rights of way of record.
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