Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2017-24:  An ordinance of the Flagstaff City Council authorizing the City of Flagstaff to accept 22 acres of real property and providing for the repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, and establishing an effective date.

• Development Agreement for the Crestview Subdivision was passed by the City Council in 2009 and signed by the Mayor on February 24, 2009.
• Per the Agreement, the Developer shall donate 22 acres to the City of Flagstaff.
• 2.97 acres of the 22 acres satisfies the resource protection requirements for the Crestview Subdivision set forth in the City's Land Development Code.

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ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Actively manage and protect all environmental and natural resources.

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January 6th, 2009 - Council approved the Development Agreement via Ordinance No. 2009-04.
January 6, 2009 - Council approved the preliminary plat for Crestview Subdivision.
April 19, 2011 - Council approved the final plat for Crestview Subdivision.

The Development Agreement was approved by a previous council, was recorded, and runs with the land.  By accepting the 22 acres the City is in compliance of the Agreement.

Option: Accept the 22 acres.

The 22 acres is the site of the Clay Avenue Detention Basin.  This property was previously owned by the State Land Department.  The City had acquired an easement from the State to construct the Clay Avenue Detention Basin.

June 27, 2007, Voyager Investment Properties, LLC entered into a Certificate of Purchase with the State Land Department for 53.62 acres more or less, recorded in document number 3482790.

Property transferred to Voyager Flagstaff 54 Investors, LLC, recorded in document number 3482791.

2009 the City approved a Development Agreement with Voyager Flagstaff 54 Investors, LLC and Bothhands, Inc. for the development of the property, recorded in document number 3514798.

Final plat of the Crestview Subdivision was approved by Council on April 19, 2011.

In 2015 the property reverted back to the State due to cancellation of the Certificate of Purchase between Voyager and the State Land Department.

In October, 2016,  Abbott-Rhoton Investments LLC acquired the land from the State Land Department and transferred the property to Crestview 31 LLC, recorded in document number 3769620.

Crestview 31 LLC desires to develop the property according to the Development Agreement and Final Plat.
 

The Development Agreement identifies 2.97 acres of the 22 acres as resource protection, the balance is the location of the Clay Avenue Detention Basin.

City ownership of land facilitates the maintenance and management of the Clay Avenue Detention Basin and resources located on the property.