HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-154-12/17/1996-ACQUISITION NATURAL AREA PURPOSES NINETY EIGHT ACRES TIMBERLINE ROAD EXTENSION RESOLUTION 96-154
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF APPROXIMATELY NINETY-EIGHT
ACRES OF LAND FOR NATURAL AREA PURPOSES
WHEREAS,William and Associates Investment Co., Inc. is the owner of approximately 98
acres of land located south of the Cache la Poudre River in the vicinity of the proposed Timberline
Road Extension Project in Fort Collins, more particularly described on Exhibit "A", attached hereto
and incorporated herein by this reference and referred to herein as "the Property"; and
WHEREAS,William and Associates have agreed to sell a 32 percent undivided interest in
the Property to the City for the amount of$400,000, and
WHEREAS, William and Associates has agreed to donate a 68 percent undivided interest
in the Property to the City, such donation having a fair market value of$850,000, and
WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the Natural Areas Policy Plan as adopted by the City
Council is to establish a system of publicly owned natural areas to protect the integrity of critical
conservation sites, protect corridors between natural areas, preserve outstanding examples of Fort
Collins' diverse natural heritage and provide a broad range of opportunities for educational,
interpretive, and recreational programs to meet community needs; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan as adopted by the City Council delineates
an open land corridor along the Poudre River throughout the City which includes the Property; and
WHEREAS, the right-of-way for the planned Timberline Road Extension crosses the
Property; and
WHEREAS, the planned Timberline Road Extension is an approved project in the City's
Choices 95 Capital Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the acquisition of the Property will help the City meet the objectives of the
City's Natural Areas Policy Plan Parks and Recreation Master Plan, and is necessary to the
completion of the planned Timberline Road Extension; and
WHEREAS, in the March 1989 Municipal Election, the citizens of the City of Fort Collins
approved a one-quarter cent sales tax for the purpose of completing the Choices 95 Capital Projects
which include the planned Timberline Road Extension; and
WHEREAS, in the November 1992 General Election, the citizens of the City of Fort Collins
approved a one-quarter cent sales tax for the purpose of acquisition and maintenance of natural areas;
and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds are available and appropriated in the Natural Areas Project the
Timberline Road Extension Project in the Capital Projects Fund for the acquisition of said Property,
and additional funds are available in the Capital Projects Fund for maintenance of the Property
following acquisition; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the purchase price and donation of said
property is fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS,the Natural Resources Advisory Board and the Parks and Recreation Board have
recommended to the Council that the acquisition of the Property be completed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Manager and Mayor be, and hereby are, authorized to execute such
documents as are necessary for the City to acquire the Property comprising approximately ninety-
eight (98) acres of land, as described on Exhibit "A," by acquiring a 32 percent undivided interest
for $400,000 and by accepting a donation of 68 percent undivided interest valued at $850,000.
Section 2. That the ninety-eight (98) acres of land, while owned by the City, shall be used
for the purposes of constructing the proposed Timberline Road Extension and,to the extent that such
Property as acquired through the use of moneys earmarked for natural area purposes, as a public
natural area.
Section 3. That in the event that the City Council subsequently determines that it is in the
best interests of the City to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the natural area portions
of the Property, the proceeds of such sale shall be dedicated to the acquisition or maintenance of
other public natural areas.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of�eify_c;f Fort Coll' el this
17th day of December, A.D. 1996.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Attachment A
Legal Description of William and Associates Property
A tract of land situate in the West Half of Section 17 and the NorthEast Quarter of Section 18,
T7N, R68 W of the 6th P.M., City of Ft. Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. More particularly
described as follows:
Considering the South line of the SouthWest Quarter of said Section 17 as bearing N 89°25'09"
W as determined by GPS observations of monuments found at the South Quarter Corner and at
the SW Corner of said Section 17 and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto.
Commencing at the south Quarter Corner of said Section 17; thence along the East line of the
SouthWest Quarter of said Section 17 N 00°01'32" W 647.34 feet; thence departing from said
line S 89°58'28" W 30.00 feet to a point on the westerly line of a tract described in Book 2056,
Page 30 in the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, said point being the TRUE
POINT OF BEGINNING; thence along said line N 00'01'32" W 490.97 feet; thence departing
from said line and along the SouthWesterly line of Parcels A, B and D as described at Reception
Number 85009713 in the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder; thence along said
line N 52°54'33" W 536.64;thence N 72°56'07" W 64.33 feet; thence N 60°24'42" W 135.68 feet;
thence N 54015'55" W 154.30 feet; thence departing from said line and along the Westerly line of
said Book 2056, Page 30;thence N 41°16'20" W 320.41 feet; thence N 12°10'07" W 293.56 feet
to the beginning of a curve concave to the East having a central angle of 42°45'55" and a radius
of 155.00 feet;thence Northerly along the are of said curve 115.69 feet;thence N 30035'48" E
173.31 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the West having a central angle of 48°23'20"
and a radius of 115.00 feet;thence Northerly along the arc of said curve 97.12 feet to the
beginning of a compound curve concave to the West having a central angle of 29°50'35" and a
radius of 653.52 feet; thence NorthWesterly along the arc of said curve 340.39 feet; thence N
51020'12" W 253.02 feet;thence N 58°09'33" W 191.87 feet; thence N 35°51'40" W 110.50 feet;
thence N 32°21'57" W 179.30 feet; thence N 04'15'48" W 617.94 feet to the beginning of a curve
concave to the West having a central angle of 56046'30" and a radius of 100.00 feet; thence
Northerly along the arc of said curve 99.09 feet; thence N 61'02'18" W 213.98 feet to the
beginning of a curve concave to the South having a central angle of 32°43'25" and a radius of
100.00 feet;thence Westerly along the arc of said curve 57.11 feet; thence S 86°14'17" W 347.82
feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the South having a central angle of 16°15'16" and a
radius of 469.67 feet;thence Westerly along the arc of said curve 133.24 feet to the beginning of
a reverse curve concave to the North having a central angle of 50°22'10" and a radius of 125.00
feet; thence Westerly along the arc of said curve 109.89 feet to the beginning of a reverse curve
concave to the South having a central angle of 56°09'14" and a radius of 238.50 feet;thence
Westerly along the arc of said curve 233.75 feet;thence S 64°12'58" W 553.21 feet to the
beginning of a curve concave to the North having a central angle of 3291'03" and a radius of
275.00 feet; thence Westerly along the arc of said curve 156.07 feet;thence N 83°15'59" W
604.02 feet; thence S 89°39'45" W 384.38 feet;thence departing from said line and along the
Easterly line of a parcel as shown on a plat recorded at Reception Number 8804182 on
September 2, 1988 S 67°55'46" E 496.00 feet;thence S 07°10'58" E 519.40 feet to a point on the
North line of Cache La Poudre Industrial Park P.U.D. as recorded on November 7, 1985 at
Reception Number 85057278 in the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder;thence
along the boundary line of said P.U.D. S 82°15'39" E 1249.40 feet;thence S 89°50'39" E 1069.82
feet; thence S 00°07134" W 2142.25 feet; to a point on the boundary line of said Book 2056,Page
30; thence along said line S 55°41'01" E 319.44 feet; thence S 84°44'49" E 528.54 feet; thence S
86017'21" E 703.92 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the NorthEast having a central
angle of 93044'10" and a radius of 50.00 feet; thence NorthEasterly along the arc of said curve
81.80 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.