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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/16/2021 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 153, 2021, APPROPRI Agenda Item 10 Item # 10 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 16, 2021 City Council STAFF Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director Ted Hewitt, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 153, 2021, Appropriating Philanthropic Revenue by City Give for Park Planning and Development for the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to appropriate $10,000 in philanthropic revenue received by City Give for Park Planning and Development. The charitable gift is received from Hydro Constru ction Charitable Fund and designated for the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION A collaboration between Poudre Fire Authority and the City, the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park will be located adjacent to PFA’s Station 3, which abuts Spring Park in midtown Fort Collins. This memorial will honor the sacrifices and loss all Americans felt that day while highlighting the local effort of Colorado Task Force 1 -Urban Search and Rescue, a federal disaster response team that deployed 64 Coloradans , including nine firefighters from the Poudre Fire Authority, to New York City to assist with urban search and recovery. At the centerpiece of the memorial is an artifact from the World Trade Center, gifted to PFA from the Terry Farrell Firefighter Fund. The 5-foot-long, 3,059-pound steel I-beam will rest above three pools of cascading water surrounded with angular seating blocks, reminiscent of “the pile” from which the st eel was recovered. Displays will educate visitors on the events of 9/11, challenges faced by first responders and the story of how the beam got from New York to Fort Collins. The 9/11 Memorial Park will be the only site of a World Trade Center artifact in Northern Colorado. The 9/11 Memorial Park is funded by the generosity of charitable support. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS This Ordinance will appropriate $10,000 of philanthropic revenue. The funds have been received and accepted per City Give Administrative and Financial Policy. ATTACHMENTS 1. Information Sheet (PDF) WHY FORT COLLINS, CO? The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks left an indelible mark on people and politics not only in America, but around the globe. That fateful day also had a lasting effect on our community here in Northern Colorado. Colorado Task Force 1- Urban Search and Rescue, a federal disaster response team, deployed 64 Coloradoans—including nine firefighters from the Poudre Fire Authority (PFA) —to New York City to assist with urban search and recovery. By telling their story, we acknowledge that the response to tragedy defines a community more than the tragedy itself. This memorial will honor the sacrifices and loss all Americans felt that day while highlighting the local effort of COTF-1. The 5-foot-long, 3,059-pound piece of metal was, at one time, just a rust-colored I-beam – one of the countless parts of the World Trade Center’s towering skeleton. It was transformed by the grief and love of the thousands of people who bore witness to its 1,800-mile, four-day journey, from New York Port Authority warehouse to Fort Collins, CO. THE 9/11 MEMORIAL PARK The 9/11 Memorial Park will be an open-air, community wide park to honor the events of September 11th, 2001. Symbolism and history will serve as a backdrop for a World Trade Center artifact to create a living memorial and to provide visitors ample opportunity for reflection. A collaboration between PFA and the City of Fort Collins, the 9/11 Memorial will be located adjacent to PFA’s Station 3, which abuts Spring Park in Midtown Fort Collins. There, firefighters can forever watch over this American symbol of sacrifice and resiliency. And there, members of our community can contemplate both the tragedy and our community’s response. The memorial is a garden destination to be used by park and trail users on a daily basis. It will have three entries: one from the north parking lot, one from the Spring Creek Trail, and one from the sidewalk south of PFA 3. As the centerpiece of the memorial, the 3,059-pound steel I-beam rests above pools of cascading water surrounded with angular seating blocks, reminiscent of “the pile” from which the steel was recovered. Turf steps edged in steel provide seating areas along two sides of the memorial, creating a place for quiet contemplation. In contrast to that chaos, a larch tree stands to one side, calming viewers and symbolizing new life. Although a conifer, larch trees are deciduous trees and lose their needles each autumn and among the earliest trees to come into leaf in spring. As a symbol of new life and resilience, the larch tree stands together with the steel. Three hundred forty-three rectangular-shaped paving stones, in honor of the 343 firefighters who perished in the attacks, create serpentine walks leading visitors from the Spring Creek Trail and park into the memorial. Displays will educate visitors on the events of 9/11, challenges faced by first responders and the story of how the beam got from New York to Fort Collins. The 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park will be the only site of a World Trade Center artifact in Northern Colorado. COMMUNITY FUNDING The 9/11 Memorial Park will be brought to life by community donors, passionate residents and donors committed to the significant and lasting history—both national and local—of the events that took place on September 11, 2001. Currently, the City of Fort Collins and PFA seek $550,000—toward a $650,000 project budget—in charitable funding to fully realize the construction and community programming of the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park. Community fundraising is facilitated by City Give, an innovative approach to municipal partnerships, and is supported by a community committee of passionate volunteers, advocates, first responders and residents—many who were personally touched by the tragic events of 9/11. Charitable gifts made to City Give, City of Fort Collins are tax deductible. To make a charitable gift and/or for information about the 9/11 Memorial Park, please contact Nina Bodenhamer, City Give Director (970) 481-4884, NBodenhamer@fcgov.com ATTACHMENT 1 -1- ORDINANCE NO. 153, 2021 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING PHILANTHROPIC REVENUE RECEIVED BY CITY GIVE FOR PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 9/11 MEMORIAL AT SPRING PARK WHEREAS, the City and Poudre Fire Authority (“PFA") have collaborated to create a memorial to honor and remember the tragic events of September 11, 2001; and WHEREAS, the memorial will be placed in Spring Park, a neighborhood park in midtown Fort Collins, adjacent to PFA’s Station 3; and WHEREAS, the memorial will include a steel beam from the World Trade Center, which will rest above three pools of cascading water; and WHEREAS, memorial displays will educate visitors about the events of September 11, 2001, honor the sacrifices made that day, and share the story of a Colorado search and rescue team that deployed to New York City to assist with urban search and recovery efforts; and WHEREAS, Hydro Construction Charitable Fund has generously donated $10,000 to City Give to support the creation of the memorial; and WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of creating a civic memorial to honor and remember the events of September 11, 2001; 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 Interim 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. -2- Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from philanthropic revenue in the Capital Projects Fund the sum of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000) for expenditure in the Capital Projects Fund for Fort Collins Park Planning and Development for the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of November, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of December, A.D. 2021. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Interim City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 7th day of December, A.D. 2021. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Interim City Clerk