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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCLYDESDALE PARK FIRST & SECOND ANNEXATIONS - ANX140002 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATION (9)v f 3. 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. 4. 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. Solution: 1. In recognition of: a. The significant Clydesdale Park lot owner contribution to the condition of the public improvements which the City will manage at the time of annexation, b. The significant PID fund balance which will be transferred to the City at the time of annexation when the lot owners begin paying City property taxes, and c. The economic impact on residents of paying City property taxes simultaneous to this transfer of the PID balance to the City, 2. Grant Clydesdale Park lot owners a five year storm water utility fee phase -in at the time of annexation. Start at 20% of the rate the first year after annexation and increase the amount by 20% of the rate each following year until full payment is reached in year five (5) after annexation. We respectively request that the City of Fort Collins grant a phase -in of the storm water fee at the time Clydesdale Park is annexed into the City. We appreciate your consideration of our request and ask for your support through a recommendation to City Council. Sincerely, /s/ Bill Schwerdtfeger-_ Bill Schwerdtfeger, President _/s/ Brenda Yocom--- Brenda Yocom, 2nd Vice President _/s/ Carol Denne_ Carol Denne, Secretary _/s/ Thomas J. Mills Thomas J. Mills, 1' Vice President /s/ John Albright John Albright, Treasurer Cc: Karen Cumbo. Laurie Kadrich, and Kevin Gertig FA Clydesdale Park Homeowners Association c/o Colorado Association Services 1063 West Horsetooth Road, Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO 80526 COPY August 13. 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 a phase in of the storm water fee for Clydesdale Park Dear Board, 1. 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 utilityfee 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.' 2. 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. In an effort to maintain the roads in high quality, the PID, in collaboration with the Larimer County Engineering Department, spent about $9 thou. in 2012 to crack - seal the roads. d. As part of the Clydesdale Park annexation considerations, the 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.