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OPEN LANDS ADVISORY BOARD (OLAB) AGENDA DATE: September 24, 2015 TIME: 5:00- 8:00 PM LOCATION: Civic Center Municipal Bldg • Council Chambers • 500 E 3 rd St., Loveland CO Please call 970-619-4592 if you are unable to attend a meeting. Votes require a quorum. Thanks! 1) CALL TO ORDER / INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS a. Teddy Parker-Renga, Community Relations Specialist 2) PUBLIC COMMENT 3) AGENDA REVIEW 4) REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF LAST MEETING MINUTES July 23, 2015 -- pg 3 5) INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Donations to the Friends of Larimer County Parks and Open Lands can now be made whenever a Larimer County camping reservation is being processed at larimercamping.com or reserveamerica.com. The money collected will be given directly to "Friends" to help with specific needs of our parks and open spaces. So please pass the word of this great opportunity to donate to such a worthy cause. b. Bison Welcome Home ceremony will be Sunday, November 1, with events during the day. You will need to RSVP if you wish to attend the bus tour portion of the day. You may do so at naturetracker.fcgov.com, or contact Meegan Flenniken at [email protected] . See invitation for details -- pg 5 i. The full brochure about the Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd -- attached separately c. The annual Regional Open Space Boards meeting will be 11/18 in Loveland this year. RSVP’s are due to Sandy by 11/9 -- pg 6 d. Visitor Services Manager position interviews were 9/17. This position oversees our District Managers, including Chris and Travis. e. Many staff and Dave Marvin from OLAB attended the annual COSA conference in Snowmass 9/14-16. There were almost 250 in attendance. f. Nature’s Harvest Fest was 9/12 at Gardens on Spring Creek. It is the first year of this combined event of the Birding Fair and the Harvest Festival. Over 1,200 people attended. g. The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) selected Larimer County’s “Our Open Space Story’ video as the national NATOA award. Over 300 cities and counties from around the country submitted to this competition. The video was the hand drawn sketch by Karina Mullen, videoed by Cable 14, and scripted by former employee Rob Novak. h. The Colorado Water Conservation Board met on 9/17 to award grants. Our grant request of $178,500 in the Alternative Transfer Mechanism cycle for piloting innovative ways to conserve water on working farms was funded yeah! i. A GOCO open space grant was submitted. A final decision will be made December 10. j. Our Volunteer Program (thanks to Pam Mayhew) received almost $3,000 from Comcast as part of Comcast Cares day. In addition they participated in some volunteer trail building and a kids hike! k. The Big Thompson Recreation and Conservation Assessment was adopted by the Planning Commission on 9/16. l. You received a link to a public resiliency survey that will assist the county in a variety of planning efforts surrounding emergency services and hazard mitigation. If you haven’t taken it yet, click below: http://www.larimerhmp2016.com/home/surveys/ m. River’s Edge Natural Area Grand ReOpening /Schedule of Events -- pg 7 n. Open Space Operations District Reports -- pgs 8-9

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OPEN LANDS ADVISORY BOARD (OLAB)

AGENDA

DATE: September 24, 2015

TIME: 5:00- 8:00 PM

LOCATION: Civic Center Municipal Bldg • Council Chambers • 500 E 3rd

St., Loveland CO

Please call 970-619-4592 if you are unable to attend a meeting. Votes require a quorum. Thanks!

1) CALL TO ORDER / INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

a. Teddy Parker-Renga, Community Relations Specialist

2) PUBLIC COMMENT

3) AGENDA REVIEW

4) REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF LAST MEETING MINUTES – July 23, 2015 -- pg 3

5) INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS

a. Donations to the Friends of Larimer County Parks and Open Lands can now be made whenever a Larimer

County camping reservation is being processed at larimercamping.com or reserveamerica.com.

The money collected will be given directly to "Friends" to help with specific needs of our parks and open

spaces. So please pass the word of this great opportunity to donate to such a worthy cause.

b. Bison Welcome Home ceremony will be Sunday, November 1, with events during the day. You will need

to RSVP if you wish to attend the bus tour portion of the day. You may do so at naturetracker.fcgov.com,

or contact Meegan Flenniken at [email protected]. See invitation for details -- pg 5

i. The full brochure about the Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd -- attached separately

c. The annual Regional Open Space Boards meeting will be 11/18 in Loveland this year. RSVP’s are due to

Sandy by 11/9 -- pg 6

d. Visitor Services Manager position interviews were 9/17. This position oversees our District Managers,

including Chris and Travis.

e. Many staff and Dave Marvin from OLAB attended the annual COSA conference in Snowmass 9/14-16.

There were almost 250 in attendance.

f. Nature’s Harvest Fest was 9/12 at Gardens on Spring Creek. It is the first year of this combined event of

the Birding Fair and the Harvest Festival. Over 1,200 people attended.

g. The National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) selected Larimer

County’s “Our Open Space Story’ video as the national NATOA award. Over 300 cities and counties from

around the country submitted to this competition. The video was the hand drawn sketch by Karina Mullen,

videoed by Cable 14, and scripted by former employee Rob Novak.

h. The Colorado Water Conservation Board met on 9/17 to award grants. Our grant request of $178,500 in

the Alternative Transfer Mechanism cycle for piloting innovative ways to conserve water on working farms

was funded – yeah!

i. A GOCO open space grant was submitted. A final decision will be made December 10.

j. Our Volunteer Program (thanks to Pam Mayhew) received almost $3,000 from Comcast as part of

Comcast Cares day. In addition they participated in some volunteer trail building and a kids hike!

k. The Big Thompson Recreation and Conservation Assessment was adopted by the Planning Commission on

9/16.

l. You received a link to a public resiliency survey that will assist the county in a variety of planning efforts

surrounding emergency services and hazard mitigation. If you haven’t taken it yet, click below:

http://www.larimerhmp2016.com/home/surveys/

m. River’s Edge Natural Area Grand ReOpening /Schedule of Events -- pg 7

n. Open Space Operations District Reports -- pgs 8-9

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OLAB AGENDA

The mission of the Larimer County Open Lands Program is to preserve and protect significant open space, natural

areas, wildlife habitat, and develop parks and trails for present and future generations. These open lands provide

opportunities for leisure, human renewal and protection of our natural and cultural resources

o. Sales Tax Report from prior month -- pgs 10-11

6) DISCUSSION & UPDATES

a. Communications planning - Teddy

b. 20th

anniversary of the county’s Open Lands Program and Help Preserve Open Spaces tax dollars is in 2016

- Teddy

c. Open Lands Board By-Laws, revisited – Sandy -- attached separately

7) ACTION ITEMS

a. Open Lands Advisory Board By-laws update and adoption -- attached separately

b. Seven Spruces CE Final Review -- pgs 12-15

8) EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to C.R.S. (24-6-402(4)(a) for discussion of the purchase, acquisition, lease,

transfer or sale of any real or personal property interest,

There will be an Executive Session

9) ADJOURN

Included in PDF: Attached Separately:

Agenda

Minutes of last meeting

Regional Board Meeting invitation

BISON WELCOME HOME invitation

Rivers Edge Grand ReOpening invitation

Open Space Operations District Reports

Sales tax report for prior month

Seven Spruces Final Review

Acquisition & Development financial summary sheet

1. Bylaws revisions and draft for adoption 09.24.15

2. Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd brochure

3. News articles

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OPEN LANDS ADVISORY BOARD (OLAB) Meeting Minutes

Thursday, July 23, 2015

5:00- 8:00 PM

Civic Center Municipal Bldg • Council Chambers • 500 E 3rd

St., Loveland CO

The mission of the Larimer County Open Lands Program is to preserve and protect significant open space, natural

areas, wildlife habitat, and develop parks and trails for present and future generations. These open lands provide

opportunities for leisure, human renewal and protection of our natural and cultural resources.

Members Present Staff Present Paul Alaback Town of Berthoud Gary Buffington, Natural Resources Director

Jason Brothers At-large Kerri Rollins, Open Lands Program Manager

Suzan Fritchel At-large Charlie Johnson, Senior Land Agent

Gerry Horak City of Fort Collins Alex Castina, Land Agent

Pete Kelly At-large Chris Fleming, Open Space Operations Manager

David Marvin At-large Zac Wiebe, Fund Dev & Spec Proj Specialist

Ward Nelson Town of Estes Park Sandy Werkmeister, Department Specialist

Carl Sorrentino At-large

Nancy Wallace Planning Commission

Members Absent Trudy Haines At-large

Hugh McKean City of Loveland

Mary Banken At-large

1. CALL TO ORDER / INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

a. Nancy Wallace called the meeting to order and welcomed new board members Dave Marvin, Pete

Kelly & Jason Brothers, who each told the Board about themselves.

2. PUBLIC COMMENT - none

3. AGENDA REVIEW – a couple of additional information items. Kerri clarified that the CWCB grant

application is a grant match request.

4. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF LAST MEETING MINUTES

Motion by Suzan Fritchel and second by Carl Sorrentino to approve the June 25, 2015 meeting minutes as

submitted in this month’s packet. Motion carried unanimously.

5. INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS

a. Kerri distributed the Commissioners office 2014-15 Community Report. Let us know if you would like

more to share with others.

b. The Estes Valley Land Trust and the Town of Estes both responded to the Cascade Cottages challenge

grant and are contributing $25,000 each. Coupled with our $50,000 grant, we are collectively

contributing $100,000 to this purchase in Rocky Mountain National Parks 100th year – congrats to all!

c. Green CE property tour was well attended and a great success! Sandy shared some photos. At the tour,

Mr. Green shared that he donated the money from the conservation easement to the children’s hospital

in Denver.

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OLAB Meeting Minutes – July 23, 2015

d. The Colorado Open Space Alliance (COSA) – an umbrella organization for government funded

programs around the state – conference will be in Snowmass this year, 9/14-9/16. Please review details

at www.coloradoopenspace.org and let Kerri or Zac know if you are interested in attending. The

department covers the cost for a couple of Board members each year.

e. Fort Collins hosted a tour for Larimer County and Loveland showing their restoration work of

converting 40-50 acre strips of land from dry land wheat to native grassland pasture in the

Loveland/Fort Collins corridor. They are about 2/3 of the way done.

f. Larimer County will lead the local GOCO Inspire Initiative grant application, due 8/26. The core team

includes Cities of Fort Collins and Loveland, Boy & Girls Clubs, UC Health, Big Thompson and

Poudre School District and CSU. The Boys and Girls Club in northwest Fort Collins is shaping up to be

the Hub for the pilot project we will submit.

g. The Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Northern Integrated Supply

Project (NISP) was released on June 19. Public comments are due on September 3. Larimer County

staff are reviewing the document and plan to submit comments.

h. Reports from the Open Space Operations Managers – no questions

i. Kerri reported that the Horn property closed on July 10.

j. Sales Tax Report from prior month – no questions

6. DISCUSSION & UPDATES

a. Alex presented on the state of agriculture water in Larimer County and the possibilities of alternative

water transfer mechanisms.

7. ACTION ITEMS

a. Motion by Suzan Fritchel with a second by Ward Nelson to approve $$20,000 toward a CWCB grant.

Motion carried unanimously.

b. Election of Officers

The Board voted in Nancy Wallace as Chair and Suzan Fritchel as Vice Chair.

c. Deters Trail Easement Final Review

Motion by Gerry Horak and second by Carl Sorrentino to recommend purchase of the Deter trail

easement as a portion of the Poudre River Trail project. Motion carried unanimously.

d. A Bigger Vision for the Big T: A Recreation and Conservation Assessment – Zac Wiebe presented the

final plan, highlighting final edits.

Motion by Ward Nelson and second by Gerry Horak to recommend adoption of the “A Bigger Vision

for the Big T: A Recreation and Conservation Assessment” to the Planning Commission. Motion

carried unanimously.

8. Regular meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM.

9. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Motion by Gerry Horak to move into Executive Session, pursuant to C.R.S. 24-6-

402 (4)(a) for discussion regarding the purchase, acquisition, lease, transfer, or sale of any real, personal, or other

property interest. Motion carried unanimously.

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PLEASE JOIN US!BISON WELCOME HOME SUNDAYNOV. 1, 2015Celebrate the reintroduction of iconic bison to Soapstone Prairie Natural Area and Red Mountain Open Space in northern Colorado.

10 A.M. – NOON See bison and enjoy family-friendly activities; remarks and project presentations at 11 a.m. At the National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 Laporte Ave., CSU Foothills Campus. Free; no registration needed.

12:15 – 5 P.M. Field trip to bison pasture north of Fort Collins. Includes free roundtrip bus ride from National Wildlife Research Center and a two-mile, moderate hike to viewing point. No personal vehi-cles allowed due to parking limitations. Registration required at naturetracker.fcgov.com.

5:30 P.M. Celebrate with a Prairie Thunder Imperial Brown Ale at Pateros Creek Brewery, 242 N. College Ave. Beer proceeds support the bison project.

INFORMATION:www.fcgov.com/naturalareas or www.larimer.org/naturalresources

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Northern Colorado Annual Regional

Open Space Boards Meeting

700 E Fourth St., Loveland CO

Cherry Room 1. Dinner and networking with your peers

2. Bison & Ferret reintroduction

3. The Inspire Initiative

4. What have other programs been doing?

5. Breakout Sessions

6. Transition to separate board meetings (if

needed)

Wednesday, November 18, 2015Wednesday, November 18, 2015

5:005:00--7:45 PM7:45 PM

Chilson Recreation Center, City of LovelandChilson Recreation Center, City of Loveland Sandy Werkmeister

You’re invited!

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Schedule of Events

5:00pm Grand Opening Ceremony (Picnic shelters at Bass Pond) Flag Ceremony – Loveland Boy Scouts

5:30pm Guided Bird Walk (Meet at boardwalk) Around Bass Pond ~45 minutes

Guided Plant Walk (Meet at West picnic shelter) East sides of Dragonfly and Sandpiper Ponds ~45 minutes

5:30-7:00pm Youth Fishing Clinic (Bass Pond) Loveland Fishing Club will have youth poles available for use

Environmental Education (East picnic shelter) Scavenger hunt activity for all ages

“Touch table” with animal furs, bones and other hands-on explorations

Local Outdoor Sporting Goods Store Vendor Booths

Information, Products & Give-aways from Local Vendors

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Big Thompson District Update 09/03/15

General:

Dave attended the Wilderness First Responder Training and loved it!

Cindy attended the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner.

Rangers had ACT (Arrest Control Tactics) training.

Hermit Park:

Park has remained extremely busy. We have been plagued with more computer problems and with the busy holiday weekend approaching, we are working on a back up plan to get us through.

The RFP for a design and engineering firm, specifically for the HPOS trailheads will close on Aug 31 and we will make our selection on September 2.

The Canyon Properties: Chris is working with Lori on a budget for managing V-Smith park for the City of Loveland. Also working with Gary, Meegan and Kerri on the IGA and service proposals for that property as well.

Working with LC health and building inspectors on evaluating the vault toilet at Forks Park. If it's reusable we will most likely give it to Loveland for use at V-Smith. Otherwise we will work on a demo and removal plan.

Sleepy Hollow has been very busy this summer, with all of the other closures along the canyon. Last weekend a church group had a picnic and had nearly 100 people packed in there! Rangers advised this was not suitable use and steered them towards HPOS or the reservoirs for future get togethers

Devils Backbone OS:

With the summer heat, visitation has been down- thankfully! The "poop collector" has struck again and rangers are once again trying to solve this really disgusting caper.

Our longtime VRA Everett is officially retiring. We will greatly miss his presence on the trail and our visitors will miss his interactions as well. Best wishes to him. He's leaving some HUGE shoes to fill. :(

Meegan, Chris and Dave met with Joe Temple on the design drawings of the new management plan update.

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Red Mountain District - Open Space Operations

General-

Attended Agricultural Advisory Board (AAB) , Habitat Partnership Program (HPP) and Open

Lands Advisory Board (OLAB) meetings

Attended mobile trail application meetings

Staff attended Colorado Open Space Alliance conference in Snow Mass

Larimer County survey crew was able to locate all corner markers at Eagle’s Nest OS adjacent to

Forest Service and private property boundary, next steps will be to place signs along boundary

Attended bison reintroduction planning meetings

Presented ‘Hunting programs on Open Spaces’ session at COSA conference

Public meeting for proposed Soderberg equestrian lot will be hosted on September 22nd

Rangers-

Horsetooth Mountain trailheads continue to very busy

Developed new hunting boundary sign/map for Eagle’s Nest Open Space

Archery season started at Eagle’s Nest on August 29th

Rangers assisted Lory State Park rangers with a female that was bitten by a rattlesnake, patient

was transported by helicopter to MCR

Rangers assisted Fort Collins Natural Areas’ rangers with a wildfire on the east side of

Horsetooth Reservoir

Assisted Admin staff with a tour of Horsetooth Mountain

Maintenance/Projects/Leases-

Met with Colorado Water Conservation Board and Eldon Ackerman at Red Mountain

Free firewood program started at Horsetooth Mountain on August 22nd. free firewood

registration is full for next six weekends

Habitat Partnership Program –field trip of proposed projects

Presented monthly safety training – Identifying hazardous waste

Worked with Fort Collins and Loveland Water to resolve water line break under river at River

Bluffs, the bathroom and water fountain are now up and running at River Bluffs

Removed large cottonwood tree that feel across the river at River Bluffs near river access

point/pedestrian bridge

Met with new Eagle’s Nest lessee manager about salt, gates, and pasture rotation

Completed Soapstone Natural Area/Rawhide water development project, project will provide

water from a windmill on Soapstone to northeast corner of Rawhide pasture

Trimmed trees along County Road 32E at entrance of River Bluffs trailhead

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OPEN SPACE SALES TAX ACTIVITY

REVENUES:SALES TAX 1,058,918.83$ MV USE TAX 86,639.61$ BUILDING USE TAX 196,951.73$ INTEREST 335.65$

TOTAL REVENUE 1,342,845.82$

EXPENDITURES:PERSONNEL & OPERATING 5,710.45$ 26,842.73$

26,842.73$ PRIOR MONTH RESERVE TO DISTRIBUTE 59,142.43$

NET REVENUE: 1,396,277.80$

DISTRIBUTED: 95% 1,326,463.91$ RESERVE: 5% 69,813.89

% SALES TAX DISTRIBUTED TO INCORP. AREAS (USED AS A BASIS) 55%

DISTRIBUTION BASED ON POPULATION 2013 State of Colorado Statistics2012 % OF INCORP

POPULATION AREA REVENUE

FORT COLLINS 148,167 62.36 454,960.98$ LOVELAND 70,436 29.65 216,280.49$ ESTES PARK 6,026 2.54 18,503.41$ BERTHOUD 5,216 2.20 16,016.23$ WELLINGTON 6,576 2.77 20,192.24$ TIMNATH 1,173 0.49 3,601.81$ TOTAL INCORP. 237,594 100.00 729,555.15$ TOTAL UNINCORP. 67,434 596,908.76$ TOTAL 305,028 1,326,463.91$

DISTRIBUTION BASED ON SALES TAX GENERATION 2013 Colorado Department of Revenue Statistics2012 % OF INCORP

GENERATION AREA SALES TAX REVENUEFORT COLLINS 62,386,634$ 59.85 436,624.00$ LOVELAND 33,615,603$ 32.24 235,191.84$ ESTES PARK 5,241,223$ 5.03 36,681.63$ BERTHOUD 924,231$ 0.89 6,468.40$ WELLINGTON 649,772$ 0.62 4,547.55$ TIMNATH 1,424,380$ 1.37 9,968.78$ TOTAL INCORP 104,241,843$ 99.99 729,482.19$ TOTAL UNINCORP 12,308,925$ 596,981.72$ TOTAL 116,550,768$ 1,326,463.91$

DISTRIBUTION BASED ON HIGHEST YIELD TO INCORPORATED AREAS:

FORT COLLINS 454,960.98$ LOVELAND 235,191.84$ ESTES PARK 36,681.63$ BERTHOUD 16,016.23$ WELLINGTON 20,192.24$ TIMNATH 9,968.78$ TOTAL INCORP 773,011.70$ TOTAL UNINCORP 553,452.21$ TOTAL 1,326,463.91$

PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 31, 2015

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DISTRIBUTION BASED ON NEW MUNICIPAL AGRREMENT:

DISTRIBUTION BASED ON POPULATION 2013 State of Colorado Statistics2012 % OF INCORP

POPULATION AREA REVENUE

FORT COLLINS 148,167 60.90 470,792.31$ LOVELAND 70,436 28.95 223,806.43$ ESTES PARK 6,026 2.48 19,147.28$ BERTHOUD 5,216 2.14 16,573.55$ WELLINGTON 6,576 2.70 20,894.87$ WINDSOR 4,877 2.00 15,496.39$ JOHNSTOWN 810 0.33 2,573.73$ TIMNATH 1,173 0.48 3,727.14$ TOTAL INCORP. 243,281 100.00 773,011.70$

DISTRIBUTION BASED ON SALES TAX GENERATION 2013 Colorado Department of Revenue Statistics2012 % OF INCORP

GENERATION AREA SALES TAX REVENUEFORT COLLINS 62,386,634$ 58.77 454,292.12$ LOVELAND 33,615,603$ 31.66 244,707.56$ ESTES PARK 5,241,223$ 4.94 38,165.97$ BERTHOUD 924,231$ 0.87 6,730.14$ WELLINGTON 649,772$ 0.61 4,731.56$ WINDSOR 675,514$ 0.64 4,919.01$ JOHNSTOWN 1,238,122$ 1.17 9,015.86$ TIMNATH 1,424,380$ 1.34 10,372.17$ TOTAL INCORP 106,155,479$ 99.99 772,934.40$

DISTRIBUTION BASED ON HIGHEST YIELD TO INCORPORATED AREAS:

FORT COLLINS 470,792.31$ 57.00LOVELAND 244,707.56$ 29.62ESTES PARK 38,165.97$ 4.62BERTHOUD 16,573.55$ 2.01WELLINGTON 20,894.87$ 2.53WINDSOR 15,496.39$ 1.88JOHNSTOWN 9,015.86$ 1.09TIMNATH 10,372.17$ 1.26TOTAL INCORP 826,018.68$ 100.00

NEW DISTRIBUTION FOR MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT: YEAR TO DATE PAID TO DATE

FORT COLLINS 440,580.79$ 2,193,135.65$ 62,710,682.32$ LOVELAND 229,004.27$ 1,140,879.80$ 28,051,423.77$ ESTES PARK 35,716.80$ 174,667.18$ 4,720,521.85$ BERTHOUD 15,509.99$ 76,942.46$ 2,298,242.11$ WELLINGTON 19,554.01$ 97,204.37$ 1,858,205.13$ WINDSOR 14,501.96$ 73,423.47$ 794,337.11$ JOHNSTOWN 8,437.30$ 43,253.48$ 542,864.96$ TIMNATH 9,706.58$ 47,905.36$ 460,115.11$ TOTAL INCORP 773,011.70$ 3,847,411.77$ 101,436,392.36$ TOTAL UNINCORP 553,452.21$ 2,750,963.46$ 73,196,545.82$ TOTAL 1,326,463.91$ 6,598,375.23$ 174,632,938.18$

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FINAL REVIEW Legacy “Seven Spruces Trust” – Amended & Restated CE Assignment

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES • Parks & Visitor Services • Open Lands • Weed Management & Forestry

1800 South County Road 31 Loveland, CO 80537

(970) 679-4570/ (970) 679-4574 FAX www.larimer.org/naturalresources

Date: August 10, 2015 Staff Assigned: Castino

Values (shown in bold):

Scenic Significant Plants/Natural Agricultural Buffer Communities Geological/Paleontological Wildlife Habitat Outdoor Recreational Educational Wetlands Historic/Archaeological Other (explain in narrative)

Property Description: Legacy Land Trust currently owns the underlying fee to 362 acres and also holds a conservation easement on the eastern 183 acres. The City of Fort Collins will purchase the fee interest from Legacy. Legacy would like to amend and restate its existing conservation easement to include the entire 362 acres of its ownership and transfer it to Larimer County Open Lands at closing. Larimer County will then be the holder of the conservation easement with responsibilities of monitoring and enforcement.

The amended and restated conservation easement will permit public access and allow for the construction of trail facilities including trails, trailheads, parking areas, toilet facilities, shelters, informational/directional kiosks, and signage.

Legacy’s parcels lie in the foothills west of Fort Collins, very near Horsetooth and Lory State Park. They are forested and their topography is steep and rugged. The vegetation is mixed, but dominated by montane coniferous forest, foothills shrub and grassland communities. They provide habitat for a variety of wildlife, including raptors, mule deer, coyotes, raccoons, Albert’s squirrel and red fox. Black bear, mountain lion, bobcat, elk and white-tailed deer are also likely to occur. The properties were hard hit by the High Park fire which swept across a significant portion of both in 2012. The prominent hillsides provide scenic vistas to and from Horsetooth reservoir and the Fort Collins area.

There is no existing infrastructure except for sporadic barbwire fencing. The property has been grazed in the past and is still accessed by neighbors’ cattle.

Access is very difficult. The western parcel has physical access but no legal access, while the eastern parcel has legal access but no physical access.

Quadrangle Horsetooth Reservoir

Acreage: 362

Current Zoning: O-Open

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FINAL REVIEW Legacy “Seven Spruces Trust” – Amended & Restated CE Assignment

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES • Parks & Visitor Services • Open Lands • Weed Management & Forestry

1800 South County Road 31 Loveland, CO 80537

(970) 679-4570/ (970) 679-4574 FAX www.larimer.org/naturalresources

Adjacent Zoning: O-Open

Water Rights: None

Mineral Rights: Intact

Liens: None Value: N/A

Partners:

Legacy Land Trust

Fort Collins Natural Areas

Potential Funding Sources: Description Amount

TBD

Evaluation Criteria: Values Staff Rating

Environmental/Ecological Medium Scenic/Aesthetic/Sense of Place Medium Outdoor Recreation Low Historical/Archaeological N/A Agricultural Low Geological/Paleontological N/A Information/Education Low

Context High Political Factors Medium Price N/A

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Lory State Park

Seven Spruces

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Existing Legacy CEsLegacyLory State Park

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Department of Natural Resources - Open Lands

Capital Development & Acquisition Summary 2014 - 2017Prepared 7/16/2015

DNR FUNDS ONLY (NOT TOTAL PROJECT COST)PROJECTED

SALES TAX (See Note) AVAILABLE 2014 2015 2016 2017 TOTAL

BALANCE

REMAINING 2015 2016 2017 TOTAL

BALANCE

REMAINING Total Project

GRANTS &

PARTNERS PARTNERS

Available Funds 11,198,846$

ACQUISITION & DEVELOPMENT

57th Street and Taft 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 1,300,000$ 1,500,000$ Loveland 1,300,000

Colorado Front Range Trail Property 45,000$ 244,442$ 289,442$ 289,442$ 925,924$ 1,215,366$ $3,703 Ft Collins, $122,221 Loveland, $350,000 State Parks, $450,000 CDOT

Green CE partnership 75,000$ 75,000$ 75,000$ 75,000$

Hermit - Kruger Equestrian Campground (2,500)$ 1,997$ (503)$ 107,500$ 13,000$ 120,500$

$10,000 Roundup Riders, $2,000 Horseman, $1,000 Friends, $1,000 (in kind)

Backcountry Horsemen

Hermit - Pavilion Upgrade 175,806$ 7,444$ 183,250$ 188,000$ 188,000$

Keyhole Parcel at DBB 270,000$ 270,000$ 270,000$ 270,000$

Longview Request Trail Property 20,000$ 459,463$ 479,463$ 479,463$ 3,552,851$ 4,032,314$ $982,430 Ft Collins, $570,871 Loveland, $999,550 GOCO & $1,000,000 CDOT

Office Space 10,000$ 910,000$ 200,000$ 1,120,000$ 1,120,000$ 2,200,000$ 3,320,000$ Bureau, Lottery, Parks

Park Project - Pinewood/RSOS 100,000$ 100,000$ 100,000$ 768,156$ 868,156$

Parks 149,627, Bureau 243,417, Lottery 185,965, GOCO 154,739 and

33,908, Friends Group 500

Poudre River Corridor Acquisition 10,674$ 100,252$ 110,926$ 154,500$ 222,900$ 377,400$ 222,900 GOCO contribution

Poudre River Corridor Development 138,946$ 138,946$ 137,779$ 587,215$ 724,994$ 231,572 Timnath, 355,643 GOCO

PRT Timnath partnership at Brunner 40,000$ 40,000$ 40,000$ 40,000$ 80,000$ partnership with Timnath on their project

IDENTIFIED PROJECTS

Big Thompson Recreation and Conservation

Assessment (10,037)$ 30,037$ 20,000$ 20,000$ 58,000$ 78,000$

GOCO $ 33,000, City of Loveland $15,000, Big Thompson River Restoration

Coalition $ 10,000 (in-kind)

Big Thompson River Restoration Coalition

Partnership 10,000$ 10,000$ 10,000$ 250,000$ 260,000$

Colorado Water Conservation $ 140,000, Comm Fdn of Northern Colorado $

30,000, Larimer County Planning Department $ 21,700, No Front Range WQ

Plan Assoc $ 2,000, City of Loveland $ 40,000, Northern Water $ 4,347, New

Belgium $ 3,100, Other $ 8,853

Master Plan Update & Regional Study 47,822$ 1,653$ 49,475$ 84,735$ 121,102$ 205,837$

Regional Study - 27,185 Fort Collins, 13,872 Loveland, 75,265 GOCO, 1,080

Berthoud, 1,520 Estes Park, 500 Johnstown, 100 Timnath, 500 Windsor,

1,080 Wellington

School Initiatives 30,000$ 30,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$

Small Grants 19,489$ 20,800$ 40,289$ 40,289$ 40,289$

Trust for Public Land Citizen Opinion Survey 23,000$ 23,000$ 23,000$ 10,000$ 33,000$ Trust for Public Land $ 5,000, Legacy Land Trust $5,000

Historic Assessment II 43,170$ 43,170$ 43,170$ 43,170$

Cascade Cottages Partnership 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ RMNA requested $100,000

OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

Repayment of LTM Loan as required 672,000$ 760,000$ 746,000$ 832,000$ 3,010,000$

Bond Debt Service Reserve Release (251,733)$ (251,733)$

LTM Adjustment (900,000)$ (100,000)$ (1,000,000)$

USEAGES IN FUTURE YEARS

Totals 1,264,521$ 1,374,299$ 1,459,905$ 932,000$ 5,030,725$ -$ -$ -$ 3,482,878$ 10,049,148$ 13,532,026$

Remaining Balance 6,168,121$ 6,168,121$

NOTES:

Lottery funds may be used for acquisition, development, maintenance, or capital equipment on any public land for park, recreation, open space, or similar purpose. It may not be used for personnel (except maintenance) or activities.

Parks Fund Balance may be used only for expenses incurred at the four BOR reservoirs.

Sales Tax may be used for acquisition, development, and long term management of open space; and up to 15% may be used for improvements to existing parks.

Total Project Cost

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