HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-018-04/01/1975-AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION BY EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS OF CERTAIN RIGHTS TO LANDS IN THE CITY RESOLUTION 75 18
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION BY EMINENT
DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS OF CERTAIN RIGHTS TO
_LANDS IN THE CITY
WHEREAS in connection with the development of the Parkwood
Subdivisions in the City it is necessary in order to provide proper
drainage to eliminate a surface irrigation ditch in said sub-
divisions and to replace the same with a siphon pipe and
WHEREAS negotiations have been conducted with the owner
of said ditch easement in an attempt to acquire the rights to
such surface ditch and to replace the same with a siphon pipe
which negotiations have been unsuccessful and
WHEREAS in the opinion of the City Council it is necessary
and in the interests of the City and the City residents in the
Parkwood Subdivisions to acquire such open ditch rights and to
substitute therefor a siphon pipe and
WHEREAS the open ditch to be replaced with a siphon pipe
is located on lands described as follows
A twenty foot wide easement being ten feet on
each side of the centerline which begins at
the Northeast corner of Lot 266 Parkwood
Seventh Filing and run thence N 89°55 W
119 90 feet to the Northwest corner of said
Lot 266 thence N 89°55 W 60 00 feet across
Rollingwood Drive to a point on the East line
of Lot 210 of Parkwood Seventh Filing thence
N 89°55 W 95 00 feet across said Lot 210 to
the West line of said Lot 210 which is the
end of the siphon pipe
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 The City Council hereby adopts the foregoing
findings regarding the necessity of acquiring the rights above
described and describing the lands on which the open ditch is
located
Section 2 The City Council further finds that it is not
possible to negotiate for the acquisition of such rights and
it is therefore necessary to resort to condemnation proceedings
in order to acquire the open irrigation ditch rights referred to
above and to substitute for the same a siphon pipe
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Section 3 The City Council hereby authorizes the acquisition
of such open ditch right through eminent domain proceedings to
be brought in the name of the City in the District Court of
Larimer County Colorado
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
held this 1st day of April A D 1975
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