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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCLYDESDALE PARK FIRST & SECOND ANNEXATIONS - ANX140002 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (11)3. Demonstrate the City's development decisions are dependable: Clydesdale Park developers singed a pre -annexation agreement with the City in 2001. Larimer County required the neighborhood be developed to City standards and would have not approved the residential development without the expectation of annexation. Residents bought their homes expecting annexation. Clydesdale Park could have been annexed ever since 2005 when the Fox Grove property which boarders Clydesdale Park was annexed into the City. If the City wants developers, residents, and partners, such as Larimer County, to act in concert with the City's planning objectives, the City needs to follow through on its development commitments, commitment such as this annexation. 4. Simplify the Fox Grove development approval process: Carriage Parkway is the only road access into Fox Grove until Carriage Parkway is extended south to Prospect Road. Carnage Parkway through Clydesdale Park is currently maintained by Clydesdale Park residents. Clydesdale Park residents should not be required to maintain roads which the Fox Grove residents use. Annexation will solve this road maintenance issue with the City taking over maintenance of the road. All Clydesdale Park roads were built and have been maintained to City standards. Clydesdale Park residents will understandably be very vocal about the City's failure to follow-through on its annexation commitment if Clydesdale Park is not annexed when the final Fox Grove development plans are approved. We respectively request that the City of Fort Collins annex Clydesdale Park into the City. We believe that the City may do this using the Annexation Agreement signed in 2001, so no further formal request process from the Clydesdale Park homeowners is necessary. We look forward to your consideration and ask your support of our request to be annexed into the City of Fort Collins. SQcerely, Bill Schwerdt eger, Presi C ren a Yocc 2 d Vice President �Q'�►-�-A-- Carol Denne, Secretary Cc: Karen Cumbo, and Laurie Kadrich f I Mills, Ist Vice President Jo Albright, Treasur a — I' Clydesdale Park Homeowners Association c/o Colorado Association Services 1063 West Horsetooth Road, Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO 80526 June 14, 2014 City of Fort Collins c/o Planning and Zoning Board Attn. Jason Holland 281 North College Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 Subject: Rationale for annexing Clydesdale Park into the City of Fort Collins Dear Board, Clydesdale Park residents and lot owners want to be annexed. 1. Annexation petition: The Home Owners Association circulated a petition among residents and lot owners to assess support for annexation. 2. Owners of 72% of lots signed requesting annexation: By an overwhelming majority, the residents and lot owners in Clydesdale Park signed a petition requesting annexation. Owners of 156 (72 percent) of the 217 lots in Clydesdale Park signed the petition requesting annexation by Fort Collins. 3. Owners of 90% of those responding want annexation: A more telling indication of resident interest is that owners of 90 percent of the lots who responded to the petition signed it requesting annexation by Fort Collins. Copies of those petitions can be provided to the Board. Annexation has several advantages to the City. 1. Better control development in the 125/Mulberry gateway: Annexation will consolidate and better control development around the 1251Mulberry gateway into the City, thereby ensuring that development complements the City's gateway development plan. 2. Better control traffic flow near the 125/Mulberry gateway: Carriage Parkway from Mulberry down to the proposed Fox Grove development is currently maintained by the Clydesdale Park residents through a PID and managed by Larimer County. South of Clydesdale Park, Carriage enters City -annexed land and will eventually be extended south to Prospect Road. Management of the entire Carriage Parkway collector road will help the City better control gateway traffic.