HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-087-05/19/1998-AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 17.5 ACRES OF LAND FOR NATURAL AREA PURPOSES AND THE LEASE RESOLUTION 98-87
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN AND
ONE-HALF ACRES OF LAND FOR NATURAL AREA PURPOSES AND
THE LEASE OF PORTIONS OF SAID LAND TO EXISTING TENANTS
FOR A TERM OF UP TO TWO YEARS
WHEREAS, City staff has negotiated a proposed agreement to acquire, for natural area
purposes,a seventeen and one-half acre parcel of land adjacent to the Poudre River,including a five-
acre pond, which was previously used for gravel mining, which property is more particularly
described in Exhibit"A,"attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference(the"Property");
and
WHEREAS, the Property has significant natural values and will help the City meet the
objectives of the Natural Areas Policy Plan, the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan, and City Plan;
and
WHEREAS,the Property is immediately adjacent to the west ofthe County-owned McMurry
Ponds Natural Area and adds to the complex of public lands in the immediate vicinity of the Poudre
River, along with North Shields Pond Natural Area, McMurry Ponds, Hickory Park and Natural
Area, Legacy Park and Natural Area, and Lee Martinez Park; and
WHEREAS, the negotiated purchase price for the Property is $250,000, which reasonably
represents the fair market value of the Property; and
WHEREAS,funds sufficient to purchase and pay all related expenses in connection with the
purchase, as described herein, have been appropriated and are available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS,a portion of the Property is currently occupied and in use as mobile home sites
for five mobile homes, as well as for pasturing one horse by a current resident, as shown on Exhibit
"B", attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the "Leased Areas"); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the negotiation of the purchase by the City of the Property,
City staff proposed that the current residents be permitted to remain tenants on the Leased Areas for
a period of up to two years, in order to permit them to find alternative housing; and
WHEREAS, City staff has negotiated leases with the current tenants on the Leased Areas,
which would provide for payment by the tenants of monthly payments to the City of$175 to $225
per month, along with all utility expenses, and would provide for the purchase by the City of the
mobile homes present on the Leased Areas for an amount of$10,000 each,upon termination of the
leases, and would also permit the continued use of pasture land by one resident for her horse; and
WHEREAS, City staff has been and continues to work with the Fort Collins Housing
Authority, Neighbor to Neighbor, and other sources of housing assistance, to assist in the
identification of alternative housing for the tenants on the Property; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the proposed leases of portions of the Property
will be beneficial to the City,and will provide for a reasonable and fair opportunity for the relocation
of the current residents; and
WHEREAS, under Section 23-114 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, the Council is
authorized to lease any and all interests in real property owned in the name of the City,provided that
Council first finds that the lease is in the best interests of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to purchase the Property described in
Exhibit "A" for natural area purposes, and to execute such documents as may be necessary to
complete such purchase.
Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into a lease agreement with
each of the five current residents on the Property for their individual mobile home sites in the Leased
Area, described on Exhibit "B", for a two year period, in exchange for a monthly rent payment in
the amount of from $175 to $225 each, along with such other lease terms as the City Manager, in
consultation with the City Attorney, determines appropriate or necessary to protect the interest of
the City.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Counc�elo this 19th day ay,A.D.
1998.
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EXHIBIT "A"
Commencing at a point 450 feet East of the West quarter corner of Section 2, Township 7
North, Range 69 West of the 6th P.M.,thence East 868.12 feet;thence S 00°07'30" W. 904.55 feet;
thence S 88'01' W, 305.45 feet; thence N 55°00' W. 130.23 feet; thence N 53°06' W. 181.30 feet;
thence N 37°15'W. 297 feet;thence N 46°05'W. 79.90 feet;thence N 62°02'W. 152.18 feet;thence
N 70042' W. 410.51 feet; thence N 113.93 feet; thence E 450 feet; thence N 120 feet to the Point of
Beginning.
NORTH SHIELDS STREET
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