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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCLYDESDALE PARK FIRST & SECOND ANNEXATIONS - ANX140002 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (10)8. City Council has granted temporary reductions of the storm water utility fee at the time of previous annexations. a. We understand that the Council granted a five year phase in at 20 percent per year when some southwest neighborhoods were annexed. b. Their phase -in reached the full storm water fee rate in year five after annexation. Requests: We request your support for our annexation into the City of Fort Collins and a 5 year phase in of the stone water fee at the rate of 20% per year, reaching full payment in year 5 after annexation. We appreciate your consideration of our requests. Sincerely, /s/ Bill Schwerdtfeger-_ Bill Schwerdtfeger, President _/s/ Brenda Yocom--- Brenda Yocom, 2"d Vice President _/s/ Carol Denne C_ arol Denne, Secretary /s/ Thomas J. Mills Thomas J. Mills, I' Vice President _/s/ John Albright_ John Albright, Treasurer Cc: Karen Cumbo, Laurie Kadrich, Jason Holland, and Kevin Gertig Page 3 of 3 ii. Our residents pay to maintain our roads through a PID and should not have to pay for roads that many other people use. b. 2013 petition for annexation. i. The petition contains 257 signatures of residents and lot owners. ii. Signatures represent owners of 72% of lots, and owners of 90% of lots of those who responded to petition requested annexation. iii. Forwarded the petition results to Mayor and key staff and formally requested annexation. 4. Our annexation has benefits for the City: a. It will permit better land use control around the 125/Mulberry gateway. b. It will permit better management of the collector road Carriage Parkway which can help traffic flow near the gateway. c. It will demonstrate that the City's planning commitment can be counted on by other parties, be it developers, the County, or home buyers. PHASE -IN OF THE STORM WATER FEE OVER FIVE YEARS 5. City code (sec. 26-514) permits City Council to temporary reduce the storm water utility fee at the time of annexation. (bold italic added for emphasis) a. Sec. 26-514 (b) states: "In the event that the City Council has determined at the time of annexation of a lot or parcel of land that the temporary reduction of the storm water utility fee is justified in order to mitigate the economic impact to the annexed properties in light of the relevant circumstances, the storm water utility fee applicable to said lot or parcel may be temporarily reduced by the City Council pursuant to the schedule set forth in the ordinance annexing said parcel or lot.' 6. Clydesdale Park voters approved a Public Improvement District (PID 50) in November of 2012 and that PID has made significant road improvements. a. The PID levies a 16.258 mil. property tax on all Clydesdale Park lots. b. The PID funds may only be used to maintain public improvements in the road right of way. c. The PID, in collaboration with the Larimer County Engineering Department, spent about $9 thou. in 2012 to crack -seal the roads. d. Fort Collins road department surveyed the Clydesdale Park roads in late 2013 or early 2014 and concluded that the roads met city standards. e. In an effort to upgrade the roads, the Clydesdale Park PID, again in collaboration with the Larimer County Engineering Department, spend $143 thou. in June 2014 to chip seal all the roads in Clydesdale Park. 7. Once annexed, the remaining PID fund balance will be transferred to the City to be used to maintain the public improvements in the road right of way. a. Clydesdale Park lots owners will begin paying City property taxes upon annexation. b. The PID fund balance at the time of annexation in the fall of 2014 is estimated to be about $80 thou. Those remaining funds will be transferred to the City to manage the road right of way improvements in Clydesdale Park. c. The economic impact of transferring the PID fund balance to the City at the same time that property owners begin paying City property taxes are the type of economic impacts which a phase -in of the storm water fee can mitigate. Page 2 of 3 Clydesdale Park Homeowners Association c/o Colorado Association Services 1063 West Horsetooth Road, Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO 80526 COPY Ms. Karen Weitkunat Mayor of the City of Fort Collins P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 Dear Ms. Weitkunat, August 13, 2013 We appreciate the City's consideration of our request to be annexed into Fort Collins. We ask for your support in achieving our annexation and in approving a five (5) year phase -in of our storm water fee at the rate of 20% per year. ANNEX CLYDESDALE PARK INTO FORT COLLINS 1. Original intent was that Clydesdale Park would be annexed into the City a. Clydesdale Park was in the City's GMA at the time of development b. Developers signed an Annexation Agreement in 2001 giving the City power of attorney to annex. c. County required that Clydesdale Park be built to city standards and would not have approved development without expectation of annexation. d. Residents were led to expect annexation when they bought their homes. e. The city could have annexed us in 2005 when the property to our south was annexed, but the city did not annex us as it was expected to do. 2. IGA between Fort Collins and Timnath: a. In 2009 a mediated IGA was developed between Fort Collins and Timnath which moved Clydesdale Park out of the Fort Collins GMA and into the Timnath GMA. b. In 2014 an amendment to that IGA is being considered which will move Clydesdale Park back into the Fort Collins GMA, which an overwhelming majority of the Clydesdale Park lot owners want. 3. Clydesdale Park request for annexation: a. A new development (Fox Grove) is being proposed south of us. i. Residents of Fox Grove will only be able to access their homes by traveling across roads in Clydesdale Park until such time as Carriage Parkway is extended south to Prospect Road. Page 1 of 3