A long-planned search for sites of choice for the Larimer County Mental Health Center revealed homes in Fort Collins and Loveland that are within the diversity of value established through county commissioners.
But each and every site discovered in the Fort Collins city search has disruptions that will be resolved if the county moves the facility from its proposed site to the northwest corner of Taft Hill and Trilby Roads, county officials said.
The search turned up two potential locations:
Fort Collins officials said they and the network supported the county’s efforts to create a fitness center for behavior and reuse land near the landfill.
“For us, it’s not a matter of politics,” Tyler Marr, the city’s interim chief data director and worker, told commissioners Tyler Marr. “This is a long-term resolution on land use for a facility that will serve the citizens of Larimer County for the next century.”
County commissioners invited Fort Collins to look for other locations for the facility after city officials raised considerations about the site he likes, which is located on county land south of the Larimer County dump.
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City officials said the site is not suitable for a gym given local commercial operations planned for the property, such as a moving station and composting facility.
Other considerations raised in the city come with the lack of public transport to the site, its distance from other fitness facilities and the possible stigma of sending intellectually skilled patients to a facility next to a landfill.
In forty-five days, the city has assembled a team with local government representatives, adding the county, to look for homes that meet the commissioners’ criteria.
The criteria included a site of at least 40 acres, served through or near utilities, located in the center to serve all communities in the county, close to other medical services and that would have between $2 million and $4 million.
The diversity of value is based on the planned progression prices for the structure of county land facilities on Taft Hill and Trilby roads, said Linda Hoffmann, county manager. Use of the site would require the structure of sewer lines and an elevation station.
A third option in the would be to explore a partnership with UCHealth to locate the facilities on the 93-acre fitness formula campus in Harmony and Timberline Roads.
This would imply a land lease agreement that direct ownership as the county intended.
Another option, which was sent to the county Friday afternoon through a Loveland resident, proposed building the campus on a 40-acre site on the corner of Wilson Avenue, which is Taft Hill Road on Fort Collins and West 57th Street.
County staff did not have time to complete this option.
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Commissioners plan to meet on Wednesday to discuss the sites and gather feedback from staff. The commissioners asked for a spreadsheet through which they could compare the options.
Next week you can take a resolution on how to continue with the campus.
Jennifer Johnson, the county’s director of genuine assets, said the two sites known as a component of the search procedure had problems, adding house settings and how they have support for the county’s vision for establishing behavioral behavior.
The existing proposed site was decided after a lengthy procedure that included information from local intellectual fitness service providers, said Laurie Stolen, Larimer County’s director of behavioral health services. Any chosen site gets advantages from the same checkpoint, he said.
Over time and as the county grows, additional buildings might be added to create a campus for behavioral health services. Potentially, the site might have supported housing for clients.
Fort Collins city manager Darin Atteberry said the city and county were “aligned” in finding the most productive location for the behavioral fitness center. Other points will be considered, he said, adding the need for ongoing facilities through the installation’s clientele.
“While Fort Collins and others have conversations about affordable housing and homeless services… I think the criteria we analyze save us from looking for optimal sites,” he said.
The location of the site, whether in Fort Collins or Loveland, fears Fort Collins, Atteberry said.
The proposed facility and other behavioral aptitude are financed through a sales tax of 0.25% approved by the electorate in 2018. The facility is expected to charge approximately $29.8 million to build and approximately $15 million according to the year to run and maintain.
The county has entered into a contract with SummitStone Health Partners, in partnership with UCHealth, to provide “a continuum of remedies and crisis centers at the center,” according to a county website.
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