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RESOLUTION 2013-022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
DIRECTING THAT THE PROCEEDS FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF
COLORADO PIPELINE PROJECT BE USED FOR TRAILS AND NATURAL AREAS
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WHEREAS, on February 5, 2013, the City Council adopted Ordinance Nos. 008, 009, 010
and 011, 2013, authorizing the conveyance of easements across four City-owned Natural Areas
Department properties (the "Easements") to Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo) as part
of PSCo's West Main Natural Gas Pipeline Replacement Project(the "Project"); and
WHEREAS,PSCo has agreed to pay the City$2,000,000 as compensation for the Easements
and mitigation for the impacts of the Project on the City's natural areas(the"PSCo Payment"); and
WHEREAS, City staff is requesting that the City Council restrict the uses of the PSCo
Payment to trail construction or natural areas purposes or both; and
WHEREAS, using the PSCo Payment for trails would allow key sections of the City's trail
system to be completed sooner than currently estimated; and
WHEREAS, using the PSCo Payment for natural areas would enable the Natural Areas
Department to pursue projects that would otherwise have to be delayed, bypassed, or reduced in
scope; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes it is in the best interests of the City that the PSCo
Payment be used for trails or natural areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the $2,000,000 payment from PSCo shall be spent only on trails or natural areas or
both.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 19th
day of March A.D. 2013.
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