HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESPONSE - RFP - P662 LEASE JACOBY FARMVaughn Cook _ (970)226-4747
Jill Thayer DVM Imo_ 5412 E Cty Rd 32E
l'� Fort Collins, CO 80528
January 17, 1998
Division Manager Steve Comstock
City of Fort Collins Water and Wastewater Utility
P O Box 580
Fort Collins CO 80522
Dear Mi Comstock
Royal Vista Equine Inc, owned by Jill I hayci DVM and Vaughn Cook, operates a Horse Breeding Farm
and Vetei wary Chnic at 5412 E County Rd 32E Fort Collins The business has been in operation since
1989 and has grown each year Currently dunng the breeding season 15 people are employed Investment
in facilities has been substantial and there is every reason to believe the operation will continue for the next
20 years at the present location
I he business involves standing racing Quarter Horse stallions to service client mares that are brought to the
farm tot breeding as well as shipping cooled semen from these stallions to client mares located at other
clinics across the country providing 24 hour foaling out services for approximately 60 mares each season
and providing equine reproductive services for client mares, and surgically unplanting embryos that are
flown in from all over the country and Canada into recipient mares I he embryo transfer part of the
business tequires mamtauung a held of recipient mares We will start the 1999 season with 150 recipients
and will need to acquire nearly that many additional mares as the breeding season progresses
Royal Vista s interest in the Jacoby farm is to give additional space lot managing some of the recipient
mares Recipients that are being prepared for transfers need to be kept under lights to facilitate the onset of
their teproductive cycle and beginning February I they are palpated daily with ultrasound to synchronize
the recipient mare's reproductive cycle with the donor mare's cycle As mares are purchased over and
above those needed for recipients in the near term, they would be pastured at Jacoby if our proposal is
accepted After foals arc weaned from the recipient mates, clients sell them back to Royal Vista for use in
another transfer Fhese buy-back mares begin to an ive in the late summer and fall Mrs is when the
greatest demand for pasture begins and when we would have the most mares at Jacoby until about
November 15 when It would again be necessary to put mares under lights
Thank you for your consideiation of our proposal
Sr�erely,
Vaughn C ok
PROPOSAL TO LEASE JACOBY FARM
PROPOSAL NO P-662
I SCOPE OF THE PROPOSAL
Royal Vista Equine , the Lessee, will plant alfalfa -grass in fields A and B Ken Knievel has submitted the
attached bid for planting Fields A and B Once established, hay will be harvested followed by horse grazing
Rotational grazing will be utilized so as not to damage the stand of alfalfa -grass Being able to graze the
rivet bottom is an important element in this management plan Grazing off the annual growth in the bottom
will be helpful in establishing a healthy plant life and hence improve the environment for wildlife If
desired by the Lessor, the Lessee will maintain signs to avoid trespass into the area Staff will moniter the
mares at Jacoby on a daily basis Employees fi equently drive to Windsor for lunch, banking and postal
errands and will provide close over site of the horses Overgrazing will be avoided Existing fences will
enable the Lessee to manage the horses in the most beneficial way to protect the resource
The Lessee will irrigate the fields and add fertilized annually (as recommended by Simplot) to ensure an
optimal crop
The permanent stand of alfalfa -grass will reduce sod erosion which may occur with row crop production
Wind erosion will be reduced with the year round cover These fields adjacent to the Poudre River will add
visually to the greenbelt areas of the community
The Lessee's has a seasonal need for pasture of recipient mares The heaviest need is when recipient mares
are returned to Royal Vista after having weaned foals at the clients' farms during the late summer These
mares would be pastured until it is necessary to return them to the farm site where they are put under lights
to ready them for the breeding season
2 CAPABILITY AND EXPERIENCE
Royal Vista Equine Inc has 80 acres at the County Rd 32E site within approximately one-half mile of
Jacoby During the breeding season some 15 workers are employed The farm is well equipped with
tractors and other implements The farm manager is experienced with ditch irrigation About 55 acres is
used for irrigated alfalfa -grass hay which is harvested for hay and then pastured We have built
relationships with custom hay cutters and harvesters and would plan to use the same individuals to do the
Jacoby fields
3 AVAILABILITY
Close proximity between the Jacoby Farm and Royal Vista's farm gives us a unique opportunity to use this
land in an effective manner which would be mutually beneficial to both parties
4 DURATION OF THE LEASE
A five year lease would be necessary to recapture the costs of establishing alfalfa -grass in the Fields A and
B Lessee would accept a more broadly written section 2 3 to allow the Lessor to terminate the Lease The
Lessee would expect i easonable pro rata reimbursement of field planting costs should an early termination
be necessary
5 ANNUAL PAYMENT
ROYAL VISTA will pay $6000 per year
6 REFERENCES
Tom Prenger, President, Colorado Bank -Front Range Windsor, CO Phone 686-7631
Ken Knievel, Custom Fat met Phone 226-341 1
Duane Schlotthauer Farmer Phone 686-2503
12;Jan-98 40 Seed
Ibs/ac $/Ib Total $/ac
Alfalfa (Hi Tons) 10 $1.90 $19.00
Grass (Equestrian Pasture Mix*) 10 $1.00 $10.00
Total Seed cost /ac $29.00
Ground Preparation
Corn Ground
acres
$(ac
Total
Shred
34
$8.00
$272.00
Disk
34
$8.00
$272.00
Plow
34
$20.00
$680.00
Mulch (twice)
34
$16.00
$544.00
Level
34
$8.00
$272.00
Plant
34
$10.00
$340.00
Corn Ground Total
$2,380.00
Cost(ac
$ 70.00
Bean Ground (West Field)
acres
Vac
Total
Disk
34
$8.00
$272.00
Mulch
34
$8.00
$272.00
Level
34
$8.00
$272.00
Plant
34
$10.00
$340.00
Bean Ground Total
$1,156.00
Cost/ac
$ 34.00
Total Ground Preparation
$3,536.00
acres
$/ac
Total
Total Seed
68
$29.00
$1,972.00
Fertilizer (as per Simplot)
68
$30.00
$2,040.00
Total Cost $7,548.00
Average $ (ac $111.00
* Equestrian Pasture Mix
30% Smooth Brome
30% Regar Brome
40% Orchard