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HomeMy WebLinkAboutENGLISH RANCH SECOND - Filed DA-DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT - 2003-07-31DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this ZL `? day of �,J, G;cLt4j 199 j, by and between the CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, a - Municipal Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the "City"and BARTRAN & COMPANY, INC., a Colorado corporation, hereinafter referred to as the "Developer". WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Developer is the Owner of certain property situated in the County of Larimer, State of Colorado, (hereafter referred to as the "Property") and legally described as follows, to wit: THE ENGLISH RANCH SUBDIVISION, SECOND FILING, situate in the Northeast: 1/4 of Section 32, Township 7 North, Range 68 West of the 6t:h P.M., Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. WHEREAS, the Developer desires to develop the Property and has submitted to -the City a subdivision plat and/or a site plan and landscape plan, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Director of Engineering and made a part hereof by reference; and WHEREAS, the Developer has further submitted to the City utility plans for the Property, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Director of Engineering and made a part hereof by reference; and WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed that the development. of the Property will require increased municipal services from the City in order to serve such area and will further require the installation of certain improvements primarily of benefit to the lands to be developed and not to the City of Fort Collins as a whole; and WHEREAS, the City has approved the subdivision plat and/or site plan and landscape plan submitted by the Developer subject to certain requirements and conditions which involve the installation of and construction of utilities and other municipal improvements in connection with the Property. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises of the parties hereto and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, it is agreed as follows: I. General Conditions A. The terms of this Agreement shall govern all development activities of the Developer pertaining to the Property. For the purposes of this Agreement, "development activities" shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) The actual construction of improvements, (2) Obtaining a building permit therefor, or (3) Any change in grade, contour or appearance of said property caused by, or on behalf of, the Developer with the intent to construct improvements thereon. B. All water lines, sanitary sewer collection lines, storm sewer lines and facilities, streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and bikepaths shall be installed as shown on the approved utility plans and in full compliance with the Council -approved standards and specifications of the City on file in the office of the Director of Engineering at the time of approval of the utility plans relating to the specific utility, subject to a three (3) year time limitation from the date of execution of this Agreement. In the event that the Developer commences or performs any construction pursuant hereto after three (3) years from the date of execution of this agreement, the Developer shall resubmit the project utility plans to the ;Director of Engineering for reexamination. The City may require the Developer to comply with approved standards and specifications of the City on file in the office of the Director of Engineering at the time of resubmittal. C. No building permit for the construction of any structure within the development shall be issued by the City until the water lines, fire hydrants, sanitary sewer lines and streets (with at least the Base course completed) serving such structure have been completed and accepted by the City. No building permits shall be issued for any structure located in excess of six hundred sixty feet (6601) from a single point of access. D. If the Director of Engineering has determined that any water lines, :unitary sewer lines, storm drainage facilities and/or streets are required to provide service or access to other areas of the City, those facilities shall be shown on the utility plans and shall be installed by the Developer within the time as established under "Special Conditions" in this document. E. Except as otherwise herein specifically agreed, the Developer agrees to install and pay for all water, sanitary sewer, and storm drainage facilities and appurtenances, and all streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, bikeways and other public improvements required by this development as shown on the plat, site, landscape and utility plans, and other approved documents pertaining to this development on file with the City. F. Street improvements (except curbs, gutters and walks) shall not be _installed until all utility lines to be placed therein have been completely installed, including all individual lot service lines leading in and from the main to the property line. G. The installation of all utilities shown on the utility 2 plans shall be inspected by the Engineering Department of the City and shall be subject to such department's approval. The Developer agrees to correct any deficiencies in such installations in order to meet the requirements of the plans and/or specifications applicable to such installation. In case of conflict, the utility plans shall supersede the standard specifications. H. All storm drainage facilities shall be so designed and constructed by the Developer as to protect downstream and adjacent properties against injury and to adequately serve the Property (and other lands as may be required, if any). The Developer has met or exceeded the minimum requirements for storm drainage facilities as have been established by the City in its Drainage Master Plans and Design Criteria. The Developer does hereby indemnify and hold harmless the City from any and all claims that might arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of the discharge of injurious storm drainage or seepage waters from the development in a manner or quantity different from that which was historically discharged and caused by the design or construction of the storm drainage facilities, except for (1) such claims and damages as are caused by the acts or omissions of the City in maintenance of such facilities as have been accepted by the City for maintenance; (2) errors, if any, in the general concept of the City's master plans (but not to include any details of such plans, which details shall be the responsibility, of the Developer); and (3) specific directives that may be given to the Developer by the City. Approval of and acceptance by the City of any storm drainage facility design or construction shall in no manner be deemed to constitute a waiver or relinquishment. by the City of the aforesaid indemnification. The Developer shall engage a licensed professional engineer to design the storm drainage facilities as aforesaid and it is expressly affirmed hereby that such engagement shall be intended for the benefit of the: City, and subsequent purchasers of property in the development. I. The Developer shall pay storm drainage basin fees in accordance with Chapter 26, Article VII of the City Code. J. The Developer shall provide the Director of Engineering with certified Record Plan Transparencies on Black Image Diazo Reverse Mylars, upon completion of any phase of the construction. K. The Developer specifically represents that all portions of the Property dedicated to the City associated with this development are in compliance with all environmental protection and anti- pollution laws, rules, regulations, orders or requirements, including solid waste requirements, as defined by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Regulations at 40 C.F.R., Part 261, and that such portions of the Property as are dedicated to the City pursuant to this development, are in compliance with all such requirements pertaining to the disposal or existence in or on such dedicated property of any hazardous substances, pollutants or 3 contaminants, as defined by the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Developer does hereby indemnify and hold harmless the City from any liability whatsoever that may be imposed upon the City by any governmental authority, pertaining to the disposal of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants, and cleanup necessitated by leaking underground storage tanks, excavation and/or backfill of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants, or environmental cleanup responsibilities of any nature whatsoever on, of or related to any property dedicated to the City pursuant to this development. The Developer further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the City from any claims or actions based directly, indirectly or in any manner on any of the aforementioned environmental risks brought against the City by third parties arising as a result of the dedication of portions of the Property to the City pursuant to this development. Said indemnification shall not extend to claims, actions or other liability arising as a result of any hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant generated or deposited by the City, its agents or representatives, upon portions of the Property dedicated to the City pursuant to this development. II. Special Conditions A. Water Lines 1. The Developer is required to construct an oversized water line in Kingsley Drive on the site of the development, as said line is shown on the approved utility plans. The City shall pay the Developer for the oversizing of said line in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 26-371 of the City Code. B. Sewer Lines Not Applicable C. Storm Drainage Lines and Appurtenances 1. The Developer and the City agree that all on -site and off -site storm drainage improvements shall be completed by the Developer in accordance with the approved plans prior to the issuance of more than 10 building permits. Completion of these improvements shall include the certification by a licensed professional engineer that the drainage facilities which serve this development have been constructed in conformance with said approved plans. 2. The Developer agrees to provide and maintain erosion control improvements as shown on the approved utility plans to stabilize all over -lot grading in and adjacent to this development. The Developer is also required to post a security deposit in the 4 amount of $25,357.14 prior to beginning construction of this development to guarantee the proper installation and maintenance of the erosion control measures shown on the approved Plan. Said security deposit shall be made in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Storm Drainage Design Criteria and Construction Standards. D. Streets. 1. Subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the City agrees to reimburse the Developer for oversizing public street improvements along Kingsley Drive for those portions of said street abutting the Property as shown on the approved utility plans. Reimbursement for Kingsley Drive shall be for oversizing the street from residential standards to collector standards. The City shall make reimbursement to the Developer for the aforesaid oversized street improvements in accordance with Section 24-121 of the Code of the City. The Developer agrees and understands that the City shall have no obligation to make reimbursement payments for street oversizing unless funds for such payments shall first have been budgeted and appropriated from the Street Oversizing Fund by the City Council; and the Developer further understands that to the extent that funds are not available for such reimbursement, the City may not, in the absence of the Developer's agreement, require the construction, at the Developer's expense, of any oversized portion of streets not reasonably necessary to offset the traffic impacts of the development. The Developer does hereby agree to construct the aforesaid oversized street improvements with the understanding 'that the Developer may not be fully reimbursed by the City for the cost of such construction. The Developer further agrees to accept payment in accordance with Section 24-121 (d) of the Code of the City as full and final settlement and complete accord and satisfaction of all obligations of the City to make reimbursements to the Developer for street oversizing expenses. It is anticipated by the City that the City's reimbursement, in accordance with Section 24-121 (d), would not be less than fifty percent (50%) of the Developer's actual expenses incurred and will be calculated in accordance with the formula as set forth in Section 24-121 (d). 2. The Developer agrees to construct off -site improvements consisting of the following: (1) extend Bison Road from the west :boundary of this development westward approximately 28 feet into the Fox Meadows Subdivision and (2) reconstruct a storm drainage inlet within said 28 feet in accordance with the approved utility plans for this development. If the Developer submits a request promptly upon completion and acceptance of said off -site improvements, and submits, together with said request, all documentation as is required for street oversizing repayments in accordance with Section 24-121 of the City Code, the City will fully reimburse the Developer for all costs reasonably associated with the construction of said off -site improvements. k, E. All references in this Section II. to specific Sections of the City Code shall be interpreted to mean those Sections as they exist at the time of application for reimbursement; it being understood that said Sections may be amended from time to time by the City Council and may even be assigned different Section numbers. III. Miscellaneous A. The Developer agrees to provide and install, at its expense, adequate barricades, warning signs and similar safety devices at all construction sites within the public right-of-way and/or other areas as deemed necessary by the Director of Engineering in accordance with the City's "Work Area Traffic Control Handbook" and shall not remove said safety devices until the construction has been completed and approved by the Director of Engineering. B. The Developer shall, at all times, keep the public right- of-way free from accumulation of waste material or rubbish caused by the Developer's operation; shall remove such rubbish no less than weekly and; at the completion of the work, shall remove all such waste materials, rubbish, tools, construction equipment, machinery, and surplus materials from the public right-of-way. The Developer further agrees to maintain the finished street surfaces so that they are free from dirt caused by the Developer's operation. Any excessive accumulation of dirt and/or construction materials shall be considered sufficient cause for the City to withhold building permits and/or certificates of occupancy until the problem is corrected to the satisfaction of the Director of Engineering. If the Developer fails to adequately clean such streets within two (2) days after receipt of written notice, the City may have the streets cleaned at the Developer's expense and the Developer shall be responsible for prompt payment of all such costs. C. The Developer hereby insures that its subcontractors shall cooperate with the City's construction inspectors by ceasing operations when winds are of sufficient velocity to create blowing dust which, in the inspector's opinion, is hazardous to the public health and welfare. D. When the inspector determines that erosion (either by wind or water) is likely to be a problem, the surface area of erodible earth material exposed at any one time shall not exceed 200,000 square feet for earthworks operations. Temporary or permanent erosion control shall be incorporated into the development at the earliest practicable time. By way of explanation and without limitation, said control may consist of seeding with approved grasses, temporary dikes, gabions, and/or other devices. 11 E. The Developer shall, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, complete all improvements and perform all other obligations, required herein, as such improvements or obligations may be shown on the original plat and related documents, or any replat as subsequently filed by the Developer, and the City may withhold such building permits and certificates of occupancy as it deems necessary to ensure performance hereof. F. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a waiver of any requirements of the City Code, and the Developer agrees to comply with all requirements of the same. G. In the event the City waives any breach of this Agreement, no such waiver shall be held or construed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach hereof. H. Financial obligations of the City of Fort Collins payable after the current fiscal year and/or not appropriated or budgeted are contingent upon funds for that purpose being appropriated, budgeted and otherwise made available. I. This Agreement shall run with the Property and shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their personal representatives, heirs, successors, grantees and assigns. It is agreed that all improvements required pursuant to this Agreement touch and concern the Property regardless of whether such improvements are located on the Property. Assignment of interest within the meaning of this paragraph shall specifically include, but not be limited to, a conveyance or assignment of any portion of the Developer's real or proprietary interest in the Property, as well as any assignment of the Developer's rights to develop the Property under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. J. In the event the Developer transfers title to the Property and is thereby divested of all equitable and legal interest in the Property, the City hereby agrees to release said Developer from liability under this Agreement with respect to any breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement occurring after the date of any such transfer of interest. In such event, the succeeding property owner shall be bound by the terms of this Agreement. K. Each and every term of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a material element hereof. In the event that either party shall fail to perform according to the terms of this Agreement, such party may be declared in default. In the event that a party has been declared in default hereof, such defaulting party shall be given written notice specifying such default and shall be allowed a period of five (5) days within which to cure said default. In the event the default remains uncorrected, the party declaring default may elect to: (a) terminate the Agreement and seek damages; (b) Treat the Agreement as continuing and require specific performance or; (c) avail itself of any other remedy at law or 7 equity. L. In the event of the default of any of the provisions hereof by either party which shall require the party not in default to commence legal or equitable action against said defaulting party, the defaulting party shall be liable to the non -defaulting party for the non -defaulting party I s reasonable attorney s fees and costs incurred by reason of the default. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent or interfere with the City's rights and remedies specified in Paragraph III.E of this Agreement. ATTEST: CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: Director o Engine r' APPROV AS TO FORM: City Attorney ATTEST: Lee Ann B. Mill, Secretary THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, a Muni ipal Corporation By: �4 City Manager DEVELOPER: BARTRAN & COMPANY,INC. a Colorado Corporation By: William D. Bartra , President 8