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City Clerk's Office Item # R5
Background Paper for Proposed
Ordinance
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 12, 2024
TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Heather Graham
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: Scott Hobson, Acting Director Planning and Community Development
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE HISTORIC ARKANSAS
RIVERWALK PROJECT, FILING NO. 4 SUBDIVISION
SUMMARY:
Subdivision and Hobso-acre subdivision
generally located west of Santa Fe Avenue, north and east of Richmond Avenue, and
south and east of Mechanic Street for the purpose of expanding the Riverwalk
development.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
The applicant is concurrently requesting to vacate (V-23-04) a portion of Mechanic
Street and Richmond Avenue and portions of a 20-foot alley in the Central Pueblo
Subdivision generally located west of Santa Fe Drive and at the intersection of
Mechanic Street and Richmond Avenue.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located in Downtown Pueblo southeast of the Pueblo
Convention Center and directly west of Santa Fe Avenue. The property is characterized
by the recently vacated Ferguson Plumbing building and outdoor storage yard as well
as Mechanic Street, Richmond Avenue, and an associated 20-foot alley. The purpose
of this subdivision is to provide an extension of the HARP/Riverwalk project to the east
and provide parking for a new Boat House and HARP office. These parcels were
recently rezoned from I-2 and I-3, Industrial and Heavy Industrial Zone Districts to S-1,
Governmental Use with Ordinance number 10562, September 25, 2023. The proposed
development was included in the HARP Future Development prepared by Designs
Studio West in 2010. The proposed subdivision will reassemble approximately twenty-
five lots platted between 1888 to 1912 and associated vacated rights-of-way into a
single two lot subdivision. Three parcels/addresses will be subsumed in the new
subdivision, 175 S. Santa Fe Avenue parcel 536426004, 209 S. Santa Fe Avenue
parcel 536426005, and 131 N. Mechanic Street, parcel 536425003. Proposed Lot 1 will
span 1.9 acres and house the expanded Riverwalk channel, associated amenities, and
a gated parking lot for HARP staff. Lot 2 will cover 1.1 will be a commercial
development site. Legal access to both lots will be gained through Santa Fe Avenue.
The attached figure illustrates the proposed future design of the new subdivision and
Riverwalk expansion. 131 Mechanic Street and 175 S. Santa Fe Avenue were acquired
by the City from Ferguson Plumbing recently and 209 S. Santa Fe was deeded to the
City by the Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority in 2001 for the purposes of expanding the
riverwalk channel. This subdivision will contain the vacated rights-of-way for Mechanic
Street, Richmond Avenue and a 20-foot alley. The Mechanic and Richmond Avenue
vacated rights-of-way will retain a reservation as a public utility easement. The
southernly portion of mechanic street will retain a reservation as a public utility
easement and sanitary sewer easement. The 20-foot alley will retain a reservation for
sewer and public utility easement, all reserved easements on all three vacated rights of
way will be vacated and terminated with the removal of said utilities. The proposed
project has been identified since 2010 and consists of extending the river channel
approximately 320 feet to the north and east. The channel will terminate with a bulb
adjacent to Santa Fe Avenue and house a ten-foot sidewalk, landscaping, greenspace,
and paved parking. The City will maintain access for deliveries to the rear of the
convention center on the vacated portions of Mechanic Street, the exact wording will be
resolved before the subdivision goes to City Council.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no financial implications for the City.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their March 13, 2024 Regular Meeting, voted
7-0 to recommend approval with one condition.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
The Planning Department sent out Notice of the Planning and Zoning Commission
Public Hearing to all property owners located within 300 feet of the subject property.
ALTERNATIVES:
If City Council does not approve this Ordinance, the site will not be resubdivided which
will impede development of the HARP Project.
Upon request of City Council, the Ordinance could be returned to the Planning and
Zoning Commission for consideration of proposed modifications.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. S-23-06 Combined Attachments
ORDINANCE NO. 10750
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE HISTORIC ARKANSAS
RIVERWALK PROJECT, FILING NO. 4 SUBDIVISION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
The final plat of the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk Project, Filing No. 4 Subdivision, being
a subdivision of land legally described as:
A PORTION OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER SECTION 19,
TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY
OF PUEBLO, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BASIS OF BEARINGS: THE CENTER LINE OF RICHMOND AVENUE BEING
MONUMENTED AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY END SOUTHEASTERLY END BY A BRASS
TACK AND THE NORTHWESTERLY END BEING THE INTERSECTION OF RICHMOND
AVENUE AND CENTRAL MAIN STREET BY A ALUMINUM CAP AND THE ASSUMED TO
LOTS 1, 2 AND 3 AND FRACTIONAL LOTS 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 AND 12, ALL IN BLOCK 2 IN
THE FORMER TOWN OF CENTRAL PUEBLO, BEING THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID LOTS 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 AND 12, ALL IN BLOCK 2 IN THE FORMER TOWN OE CENTRAL
PUEBLO, NOW A PART OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO, FILED FOR RECORD ON AUGUST 13,
1883, WHICH LIES WESTERLY OF THE 20 FOOT WIDE ALLEY ADJOINING THE
WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF BLOCK 1 IN MOORE'S SUBDIVISION FILED FOR RECORD
JUNE 19, 1912. TOGETHER WITH THAT PORTION OF THE VACATED ALLEY IN SAID
BLOCK 2, ADJACENT, BY ORDINANCE NO. 846 RECORDED APRIL 1, 1947 IN BOOK 1037
AT PAGE 269 AND ORDINANCE NO. 7215 RECORDED NOVEMBER 3, 2004 UNDER
RECEPTION NO. 1592557.
LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 AND THE NORTH TWENTY-TWO FEET OF LOT
14 IN BLOCK 1 IN MOORE'S SUBDIVISION OF A PORTION OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF
THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36,
TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST AND THE WEST ONE-HALF OF THE
NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 31 IN TOWNSHIP
20 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST, PUE8LO COUNTY, COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE
RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH THAT PORTION OF THE VACATED
ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK 1, ADJACENT, BY ORDINANCE NO. 7215 RECORDED NOVEMBER
3, 2004 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 1592557.
LOTS (ALSO KNOWN AS FRACTIONAL LOTS) 1, 2, 3 AND 4 IN BLOCK 55 IN HOBSON'S
SUBDIVIS1ON OP A PART OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO, ACCORDING TO THE AMENDED
PLAT OF A PORTION OF SAID SUBDIVISION FILED FOR RECORD ON OCTOBER 26, 1887,
COUNTY OF PUEBLO, STATE OF COLORADO.
TOGETHER WITH :
THE SOUTH 3 FEET OF LOT 14, AND ALL OF LOTS 15,16 AND 17, BLOCK 1, MOORE'S
SUBDIVISION OF A PORTION OF THE W 1/2 OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION
31 IN TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST AND OF THE E 1/2 OF THE NE '/4 OF THE
SE 1/4 OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M
attached hereto, is hereby approved. All dedicated streets, utility and drainage easements,
rights-of-way and land set aside for public sites, parks and open spaces shown and dedicated
on said plat are hereby accepted for public use.
SECTION 2.
The acceptance of such dedicated streets, rights-of-way, utility and drainage easements,
public sites, parks and open spaces by the City does not obligate the City to maintain or repair
same until such streets, rights-of-way, utility and drainage easements, public sites, parks and
open spaces have been constructed and installed in compliance and in accordance with the
requirements and provisions of Chapter 4, Title XII of the Pueblo Municipal Code, as amended
and any agreement entered into pursuant thereto.
SECTION 3.
Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the requirements imposed hereby shall create
any duty or obligation of any person, firm, corporation or other entity with regard to the
regulations. No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall have any private right of action,
claim or demand against the City or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury, damage or
liability arising out of or in any way connected with the adoption, enforcement, or
nonenforcement of this Ordinance or the Subdivision Ordinance and Regulations of the City, or
the engineering, surveying, drainage improvement or other work or improvements required
ons shall
create or be construed to create any claim, demand or liability against the City or its officers,
employees or agents, or to waive any of the immunities, limitations on liability, or other
provisions of the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, Section 24-l0-l0l, et seq. Colorado
Revised Statutes, or to waive any immunities or limitations on liability otherwise available to the
City or its officers, employees or agents.
SECTION 4.
The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform any and all acts consistent
with the intent of the Ordinance to implement the policies and procedures described herein.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall be approved upon final passage but shall not become effective
until: (a) all information, documents, drawings, profiles, and plat required by Chapter 4 of Title
XII of the Pueblo Municipal Code meeting and complying with the subdivision requirements of
the City with such modifications, if any, approved by City Council, have been filed with and
approved by the Director of Public Works, and (b) the final subdivision plat is recorded in the
office of the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder. If any such filings and approvals have been
deferred pursuant to Section 12-4-5(b)(2) of the Pueblo Municipal Code and are not for any
reason filed and approved within one (1) year after final passage of this Ordinance, or within any
extended period granted by Resolution of the City Council, this Ordinance shall automatically be
rescinded and repealed thirty (30) days after written notice of such rescission and repeal is
given to the Subdivider. No vested rights shall accrue to the subdivision or be acquired until this
Ordinance becomes effective.
SECTION 6.
This Ordinance shall become effective on the date of final action by the Mayor and City
Council.
Action by City Council:
Introduced and initial adoption of Ordinance by City Council on July 22, 2024.
Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on August 12, 2024.
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President of City Council
Action by the Mayor:
Approved on _______________.
Disapproved on ______________ based on the following objections:
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Mayor
Action by City Council After Disapproval by the Mayor:
Council did not act to override the Mayor's veto.
Ordinance re-adopted on a vote of ____________, on _____________
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President of City Council
ATTEST
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City Clerk