HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/18/2000 - RESOLUTION 2000-14 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 16
DATE: January 18, 2000
• FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL Edith Felchle
STAFF: Craig Foreman !
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SUBJECT:
Resolution 2000-14 Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Amendment to the
Intergovernmental Agreement with the Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund and aNew
Intergovernmental Agreement with Five Partner Entities for Phase Two of the Poudre-Big Thompson
Rivers Legacy Grant Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Resolution will allow the City to accept approximately $1,510,000 from GOCO for
implementation of Fort Collins' portion of Phase Il of the Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy
Project. Required matching funds of approximately $1,800,000 have already been identified.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Resolution allows the City to enter into agreements with GOCO and with the other partners of
the Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy Project for implementation of Phase II of the project,
which was awarded additional funding of$2,500,000 in May 1999. The $1,510,000,representing
Fort Collins' portion of the $2,500,000 grant, will be used to purchase natural areas and to build a
segment of the Poudre River Trail from Taft Hill Road to Lyons Park.
BACKGROUND:
In July 1996,the City Council adopted Resolution 96-85 in support of the initial application for the
GOCO Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy Project grant. The amount of$3.4 million was then
granted by GOCO. Elements of that initial grant will be substantially completed by June 2000.
Partners in the project are City of Fort Collins,City of Greeley,City of Loveland,Larimer County,
Weld County, Town of Windsor, Estes Valley Recreation and Park District, The Nature
• Conservancy, Poudre River Trail Corridor, Inc., State of Colorado Division of Wildlife, and State
of Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation.
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Together, the partners are contributing significant matching monies and, through implementation
of the initial grant, are protecting over 8,000 acres of natural areas and open space, approximately
900 acres of which are along the Poudre River in the Fort Collins area; enhancing recreational
opportunities through completion of trail projects in the Greeley and Estes Park areas and opening
recreational access to the 377-acre Gateway Park and approximately two square miles of natural and
wilderness area at the confluence of the North Fork of the Cache la Poudre with the Cache la Poudre
River; and increasing educational opportunities along the river by building the Poudre Learning
Center near Greeley, building State of Colorado Department of Parks and Outdoor Recreation's
portion of the CSU Environmental Learning Center/Visitor Welcome Center, and developing
interpretation features along the Poudre trail in the Fort Collins area.
The additional funds granted in May 1999 will protect an additional 850 acres of natural areas in the
Fort Collins vicinity, including a bald eagle nesting site. The funds also will extend the Poudre
River Trail from Taft Hill Road to Watson Lake (with Fort Collins constructing the portion from
Taft Hill to Lyons Park and Larimer County taking the trail on up to Watson Lake), complete the
trail around Lake Estes, complete additional sections of the Poudre Trail in the Greeley area, and
cover additional environmental protection expenses associated with Colorado Department of Parks
and Outdoor Recreation's portion of Colorado State University's Environmental Learning Center.
The grant funds are available upon signing of the documents authorized by this Resolution and will
be received as reimbursements upon completion of each project (anticipated to occur in 2001 and
2002). Council will be asked to appropriate these funds at that time.
The matching funds for Fort Collins' portions of natural area acquisitions of the grant are available
from the natural areas portion of Building Community Choices and the City's share of the Help
Preserve Open Space sales tax. The matching funds for Fort Collins' portions of trail construction
are available from the Conservation Trust Fund. All matching funds have already been appropriated.
The partners have worked diligently to come to agreements with each other and with GOCO and to
implement considerable portions of the Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy Project. The
Resolution allows the City of Fort Collins to sign agreements to implement additional portions of
the project. Signing of these agreements at this time is crucial so that project partners can receive
granted funds to complete these additional elements of the Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy
Project in a timely fashion.
• RESOLUTION 2000-14
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AMENDMENT TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE
BOARD OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS COLORADO TRUST FUND AND A NEW
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH FIVE PARTNER ENTITIES FOR PHASE
TWO OF THE POUDRE-BIG THOMPSON RIVERS LEGACY GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (the "Board") is a
political subdivision of the State of Colorado, created by Article XXVII of the Colorado
Constitution,adopted at the November 1992 General Election,which article designates a portion of
the net proceeds of the Colorado Lottery to the Board and directs the Board to invest those proceeds
in the State's parks, wildlife, open space and recreational resources; and
WHEREAS,the Board has created a statewide Legacy Project Grant Program designed to
further wildlife programs through the Colorado Division of Wildlife("DO W');outdoor recreation
programs through the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation("DPOR'); open space
and natural areas programs through the DPOR, DOW, municipalities, counties, or nonprofit land
conservation entities;and local government open space,trails and other outdoor recreation facilities;
and
• WHEREAS,the goal of the Legacy Project Grant Program is to bring together public and
private organizations in a spirit of cooperation and with a common goal to complete projects of state-
wide benefit; and
WHEREAS, in 1996, the City of Fort Collins, City of Greeley, City of Loveland, Estes
Valley Park and Recreation District, Larimer County, Town of Windsor,Weld County,the Nature
Conservancy,Poudre River Trail Corridor,Inc.,DO W,and DPOR(the"Phase I Partners")submitted
a detailed project application to the Board for the completion of the project entitled the Poudre-Big
Thompson Rivers Legacy Proj ect,which was approved by the Board in the amount of three million
four hundred thousand dollars($3,400,000), on October 23, 1996 ("Phase I of the Project"); and
WHEREAS, in September 1998,the Council adopted Resolution 98-128, authorizing the
City Manager to enter into the Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy Project Grant Agreement with
the Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund(the"GOCO Board"),together with the City
of Greeley,City of Loveland, Estes Valley Park and Recreation District,Larimer County,Town of
Windsor, Weld County,the Nature Conservancy, and Poudre River Trail Corridor, Inc., regarding
Phase I of the Legacy Grant Project(the"Grant Agreement"); and
WHEREAS,with the adoption ofResolution 98-128,the Council further authorized the City
Manager to enter into the Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy Project Memorandum of
Understanding with the City of Greeley, City of Loveland, Estes Valley Park and Recreation
• District, Larimer County, Town of Windsor, Weld County, the Nature Conservancy, and Poudre
River Trail Corridor, Inc., Colorado Division of Wildlife, and Colorado Division of Parks and
Outdoor Recreation,regarding Phase I of the Project(the"Phase I MOU"); and
WHEREAS, in late 1998,the Grant Agreement and Phase I MOU were executed, and the
Legacy Grant Project is now proceeding toward completion later this calendar year; and
WHEREAS, in early 1999, the City, together with the City of Greeley, City of Loveland,
Estes Valley Park and Recreation District, Larimer County, Poudre River Trail Corridor, Inc., and
the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (the "Phase II Partners"), submitted an
application for additional funds from the GOCO Board to supplement those funds previously granted
for Phase I of the Project and provide for the completion of additional riparian corridor protection,
trail construction,and environmental learning center site improvements("Phase II of the Project");
and
WHEREAS,in May 1999,the GOCO Board approved an additional grant in an amount up
to two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000), to the Phase II Partners, for use in
carrying out Phase II of the Project; and
WHEREAS,the GOCO Board has proposed an addendum to the Grant Agreement,in order
to set out the terms and conditions of the Board's additional grant funds for Phase II of the Project,
a draft of which, dated January 20, 2000, is on file in the office of the City Clerk and incorporated
herein by this reference (the"First Addendum"); and
WHEREAS,the Phase II Partners have developed a plan for cooperatively working to carry
out Phase II of the Project and to coordinate their activities in that regard, consistent with the First
Addendum, and have negotiated an additional memorandum of understanding to document their
mutual commitments and obligations in connection with Phase II of the Project, a copy of which,
dated January 20, 2000, is on file in the office of the City Clerk and incorporated herein by this
reference (the"Phase II MOU').
WHEREAS, in connection with the administration of Phase II of the Project the GOCO
Board will require the preparation and submission of annually updated workplans, budgets, and
related submittals,which shall each be incorporated into the Grant Agreement and the Phase II MOU
upon approval by the GOCO Board; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the efficient and effective management of the Legacy
Grant Project,the Council wishes to authorize the City Manager to prepare and submit such updated
workplans, budgets, and other related submittals on behalf of the City as may be necessary and
appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of the Grant Agreement,as amended,and the Phase
II MOU; and
WHEREAS,matching funds for the City's portions of Phase II of the Project are available
and appropriated in the natural areas portion of Building Community Choices,the City's share of
the County's Help Preserve Open Space sales tax, and the Conservation Trust Fund; and
• WHEREAS,the City is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide any
function, service or facility, such as the First Addendum and the Phase II MOU, as provided in
Article II, Section 16 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins and Section 29-1-203, C.R.S.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into the First
Addendum to the Grant Agreement,dated January 20,2000,subject to such modifications in form
or substance as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, may deem necessary to
effectuate the purposes of said agreement.
Section 2. That the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into the Phase
II MOU, dated January 20, 2000, subject to such modifications in form or substance as the City
Manager,in consultation with the City Attorney,may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of
said agreement.
Section 3. That the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to further modify or
amend the Grant Agreement,as amended hereby,and the Phase II MOU upon consultation with the
City Attorney, by approving and agreeing to such annual or updated workplans, budgets, or other
submittals, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Grant Agreement, as amended,
and/or the Phase II MOU.
Passed and adopted at regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 18th day
of January,A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk