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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/04/2021 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 092, 2021, APPROPR Agenda Item 2 Item # 2 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY August 4, 2021 City Council STAFF Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 092, 2021, Appropriating Unanticipated Philanthropic Revenue Received by City Give to Construct a Plaza at Sugar Beet Park for the Hand that Feeds Sculpture Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on July 20, 2021, appropriates of $67,850 in philanthropic revenue received by City Give for the Capital Projects Fund, Park Planning & Development, Community Services per the intent of the donors: Mujeres de Colores and the Downtown Development Authority. The funds are designated for the construction and installation of a plaza for The Hand That F eeds, a bronze sculpture commemorating Mexican and Hispanic laborers who worked the sugar beet fields of Northern Colorado, that Mujeres de Colores intends to donate to the City. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, July 20, 2021 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 092, 2021 (PDF) Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY July 20, 2021 City Council STAFF Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 092, 2021, Appropriating Unanticipated Philanthropic Revenue Received by City Give to Construct a Plaza at Sugar Beet Park for the Hand that Feeds Sculpture Project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to request appropriation of $67,850 in philanthropic revenue received by City Give for the Capital Projects Fund, Park Planning & Development, Community Services per the intent of the donors: Mujeres de Colores and the Downtown Development Authority. The funds are designated for the construction and installation of a plaza for The Hand That Feeds, a bronze sculpture commemorating Mexican and Hispanic laborers who worked the sugar beet fields of Northern Colorado, that Mujeres de Colores intends to donate to the City. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION In October 2020, the City partnered with Mujeres de Colores to accept, through Art in Public Places, the proposed donation of a bronze sculpture entitled “The Hand That Feeds,” through adoption of Resolution 2020-096. The Hand That Feeds will commemorate, preserve, and honor Mexican and Hispanic laborers who worked the sugar beet fields of Northern Colorado. It pays homage to the people who played a critical role in Fort Collins’ and Larimer County’s sugar beet history. The Hand That Feeds is funded through the generosity of community giving with a projected budget of $284,750. As envisioned by our community partners, the donation of art includes the design and construction of a plaza within Sugar Beet Park. The hard costs (materials, construction, and landscaping) to be incurred by the City for the development of the plaza total $67,850, which is included in the total project budget. The City recognizes the immeasurable contribution of Mujeres de Colores, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, as they have brought this shared public art to fruition through co-creation, time, passion, and fundraising. Artist Frank Garza has been creating indoor and outdoor sculptural installations for 21 years. Many of Garza’s artwork is community themed, culturally themed, or historically themed, with a strong use of symbolism and his distinct style of realism. He has successfully completed exterior public art pieces that include municipal projects in Denver, CO (City Council Office, Department of Motor Vehicles), Greeley, CO, (History Museum), and Evans, CO, (Library, Community Center, Police Station). The City Manager recommends the appropriation described herein and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the Capital Projects Fund and will not cause the total amount ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 2 appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in the Capital Projects Fund during this fiscal year. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS This Ordinance will appropriate $67,850 of unanticipated philanthropic revenue in the Capital Projects Fund for design, construction, and installation of a plaza at Sugar Beet Park for The Hand That Feeds sculpture. The funds have been received and accepted per City Give Administrative and Financial Policy. ATTACHMENTS 1. Resolution 2020-096 (PDF) 2. Art in Public Places:The Hand That Feeds (PDF) -1- ORDINANCE NO. 092, 2021 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE TO CONSTRUCT A PLAZA AT SUGAR BEET PARK FOR THE HAND THAT FEEDS SCULPTURE PROJECT WHEREAS, on October 20, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 2020-096, approving the acceptance of the proposed donation of a bronze sculpture, entitled “The Hand that Feeds” (the “Artwork”) to be placed at Sugar Beet Park (the “Park”); and WHEREAS, the donor of the Artwork, Mujeres de Colores (the “Donor”) has worked with the City’s Park Planning and Development staff to develop a plan for a plaza the City will install as part of the display of the Artwork at the Park; and WHEREAS, the Donor and the Downtown Development Authority have donated to the City $67,850 for materials, construction and landscaping for the plaza, and this Ordinance would appropriate those funds for expenditure for such purposes; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of making improvements to a public park; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon recommendation of the City Manager, to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations, in combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, does not exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the Capital Projects Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Capital Projects Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received in that Fund during this fiscal year. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated philanthropic revenue in the Capital Projects Fund the sum of SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($67,850) for expenditure in the Capital Projects Fund to construct a plaza at Sugar Beet Park for The Hand That Feeds sculpture project. -2- Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of July, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of August, A.D. 2021. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Interim City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of August, A.D. 2021. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Interim City Clerk