HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-084-05/17/1994-CHOICES 95 EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IGA LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1 OPTION IA
RESOLUTION 94-84
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT
TO PURCHASE 1.89 ACRES FROM POUDRE R-1 FOR THE
EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ADJACENT TO LAUREL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PROVIDING DIRECTION FOR
FURTHER EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR THE EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is committed to providing for the
recreational needs of its citizens through the acquisition and development of
neighborhood parkland; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Fort Collins voted to fund the acquisition and
development of an Eastside Neighborhood Park; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has an adopted policy to
cooperate with the Poudre R-1 School District in the acquisition and development
of recreational facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City has an opportunity to purchase a 1 .89 acre neighborhood
park from the Poudre School District R-1 adjacent to the newly expanded Laurel
School , for the price of $135,166, including reimbursement for cleanup costs; and
WHEREAS, this site meets the Parks and Recreation Master Plan location for
a neighborhood park in the eastern section of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Council . finds it is in the best interests of the City to
acquire this neighborhood park site; and
WHEREAS, funds for this purchase are available from the Capital Projects
Fund - Choices 95; and
WHEREAS, remaining funds from the Capital Projects Fund - Choices 95 will
be available for acquisition of additional parkland in this area; and
WHEREAS, an ad hoc citizen committee has been formed by interested
residents for the purpose of studying opportunities for integrating the
additional parkland with other public improvements to be acquired and developed
in the area by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
as follows:
Section 1 . That the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to enter
into an Agreement between the City of Fort Collins and Poudre School District R-1
for the purchase of 1 .89 acres of land as more particularly described on attached
Exhibit "A", which is incorporated herein by this reference, and reimbursement
for clean-up costs for the amount of One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand One Hundred
Sixty-Six Dollars ($135,166) to be paid from the Capital Projects Fund - Choices
95.
Section 2. That City staff is hereby directed to continue negotiations to
acquire additional acreage to be developed as parkland in the Eastside
Neighborhood in the immediate vicinity of the Laurel School and any funds in the
Choices 95, Eastside Neighborhood Park account remaining after the acquisition
and development of the park site adjacent to the Laurel School , including the
1 .89 acres referred to in Section 1 above, are hereby dedicated for that purpose.
Section 3. That City staff is further directed to prepare an integrated
development plan in the neighborhood of the Laurel School that provides for the
coordination of land acquisition and development of property for public projects
in the area which are currently planned or projected by the City for storm
drainage, natural areas, parks, trails, streets and sidewalks and other City
improvements
Section 4. That City staff shall consult with a citizen advisory
committee, made up of residents from the surrounding Eastside Neighborhood, in
preparing such development plan.
Section 5. That the foregoing integrated development plan be presented to
the City Council within three (3) months of the date of passage of this
Resolution and prior to the expenditure of any City funds for the development of
the parkland described above.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the it of the Ci Fort
Collins held this 17th day of May, A.D. 1994.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
PARCEL ONE ( 1 )
Part of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the
Northeast 1/4 of Section 13, Township 7 North, Range 69
West of the 6th P.M. , described as follows:
Beginning 493.8 feet South and 191.8 feet East of the
Northwest corner of said Southeast 1/4 of Northeast
1/4; thence South 106 feet; thence West 50 feet; thence
South 50 feet; thence East 532. 5 feet; thence North
174. 8 feet; thence West 249. 5 feet; thence South 18.8
feet; thence West 233 feet to the point of beginning.
PARCEL TWO (2)
Beginning at the SE corner of Herbertson' s Addition to
the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, thence due East 18
feet, thence due North to the South line of Laurel
Street, thence West on the South line of Laurel Street,
thence South on the East line of said Herbertson' s
addition to the point of beginning.
PARCEL THREE (3 )
All that piece of land which lies to the West of the
western boundary of the Riverside Shopping Center
Subdivision, according to the recorded plat thereof,
and which lies between the existing North and South
boundaries of the land described in Deed recorded June
1, 1966 at 3:30 P.M. at Book 1330 Page 316.
PARCEL FOUR (4 )
Commencing at a point which bears South from the North-
west corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 13, Township 7 North, Range 69 West
of the 6th P.M. , 493.8 feet and again East 191 .8 feet
to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, thence east 233 feet,
thence North 18.8 feet, thence East 280.7 feet, thence
North 5 feet, thence westerly along a chain link fence
as extended 305.7 feet more or less to the east line of
Herbertson Addition, thence South to the Southeast
corner of Herbertson Addition, thence West along the
South line of Herbertson Addition to the Southwest
corner of Herbertson Addition, thence south 18 . 8 feet,
thence east to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. -