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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - SUMMARY AGENDA - 09/17/2002 - REGULAR MEETING AGENDA (SUMMARY) AGENDA OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO September 17, 2002 Proclamations and Presentations 5:30 p.m A. Proclamation Proclaiming September 19, 2002 as "Grandparents Appreciation Day". B. Proclamation Proclaiming September 23, 2002 as "Race Equality Week". C. Proclamation Recognizing the Fort Collins Elks Lodge #804 for its Contributions to City Park and Sheldon Lake. D. Presentation of Plaque from USTA (U.S. Tennis Association) for "Outstanding Public Facility Award". Regular Meeting 6:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER. 2. ROLL CALL. 3. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (limited to 30 minutes) 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FOLLOW-UP: This is an opportunity for the Mayor or Councilmembers to follow-up on issues raised during Citizen Participation. 5. AGENDA REVIEW: CITY MANAGER City of Fort Collins ® ^""'°""°"N°°'°" PAGE 2 6. CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar consists of Item Tgumbers 7 through 25. This Calendar is intended to allow the City Council to spend its time and energy on the important items on a lengthy agenda. Staff recommends approval of the Consent Calendar. Anyone may request an item on this calendar to be "pulled" off the Consent Calendar and considered separately. Agenda items pulled from the Consent Calendar will be considered separately under Agenda Item #35, Pulled Consent Items. The Consent Calendar consists of: 1) Ordinances on First Reading that are routine; 2) Ordinances on Second Reading that are routine; 3) Those of no perceived controversy; 4) Routine Administrative actions. CONSENT CALENDAR 7. Consideration and approval of the Council meeting minutes of August 20, 2002. 8. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 120, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Golf Fund for the Purpose of Fundin f Capital Improvements. In 1999 and 2001 the City executed lease transactions to provide funding for capital improvements at the City's three golf courses. The total amount of the transactions allocated to the Golf Fund was $5,085,000 to fund several high priority improvements such as the $2.65 million Collindale Clubhouse replacement project. Due to unexpected circumstances beyond the control of the City, several of the improvements were delayed. Proceeds from the two transactions were invested at competitive interest rates. When the projects were delayed,the investments earned greater amounts of interest than originally anticipated. This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002, appropriates these extra interest earnings to allow the Golf Division to complete additional capital improvements at Collindale, SouthRidge, and City Park Nine Golf Courses. 9. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 122, 2002, Appropriating Proceeds from the Issuance of City of Fort Collins. Colorado, General Obligation Water Refunding Bonds, Series 2002, Dated September 15, 2002, in the Aggregate Principal Amount of$19,460,000. Ordinance No. 122, 2002, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002, appropriates the proceeds of the bonds. City of Fort Collins PAGE 10. Second Readin¢of Ordinance No.123, 2002, Appropriating Proceeds from the Issuance of City of Fort Collins. Colorado, Stormwater Utility Enterprise, Storm Drainage Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2002, Dated Sentember 15, 2002, in the Aggregate PrinciRal Amount of$2,800,000. The Board of the Stormwater Utility Enterprise is scheduled to consider, at its meeting subsequent to the meeting of the City Council, Ordinance No. 007 of the Stormwater Utility Enterprise Board authorizing the issuance of City of Fort Collins, Colorado, Stormwater Utility Enterprise,Storm Drainage Revenue Refunding Bonds,Series 2002,Dated September 15,2002,in the Aggregate Principal Amount of$2,800,000. Authorizing the issuance of the Bonds and appropriating the proceeds are both necessary to complete the bond transaction. This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002, appropriates the proceeds of the Bonds, contingent upon the final approval and issuance of the Bonds. 11. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 124, 2002,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Transvortation Services Fund for the Operation of the North Front Ranee Transportation& Air Ouality Planning Council's 2001-2002 Metropolitan Planning Organization Program Year and Authorizing the Transfer of Existing Appropriation Between Funds. The North Front Range Transportation&Air Quality Planning Council(NFRT&AQPC),or MPO, received additional federal funding on its 2001-2002 contracts with Colorado Department of Transportation as well as some unanticipated State grant funding which wasn't originally budgeted or appropriated for the current fiscal year. These funds, along with required local matching funds from the City's Equipment Fund,MPO member entities, and additional VanGo program revenue will be used for the administration of the MPO's projects during its 2001-2002 contract period. Additionally,the funds to pay the personnel costs of non-City MPO employees, which were previously budgeted and appropriated in the Transportation Services Fund, now need to be transferred to the NFRT&AQPC Fund. This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002,will not appropriate additional funds; rather, it will serve as a transfer of existing appropriations to the fund that incurred the expenditures. 12. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 125, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the North Front Ranee Transportation & Air Ouality Planning Council Fund for the Operation of the North Front Ranee Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council's 2002-2003 Metropolitan Planning Organization Administration Program Year. The North Front Range Transportation&Air Quality Planning Council (NFRT&AQPC) is the regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. The administration/program budget for the NFRT&AQPC is funded with federal transportation program dollars administered by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) based on the federal fiscal and program year of October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003. This period does not correspond to the City of Fort Collins ® ^^"'...... °'°" PAGE 4 City's calendar year appropriation time frame, and this time differential causes some accounting and budget management problems. This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002, enables staff to more consistently manage and track the NFRT&AQPC's budget and expenditures. 13. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 126, 2002, Amending the Definition of Disabled Individual as Set Forth in Section 13-16 of the City Code. The City's anti-discrimination ordinance was first adopted in 1972, well before Congress adopted the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The proposed revision sets forth a definition of disabled individual that is identical to the definition set forth in the ADA, is more comprehensive than the current definition, and one that is more consistently applied among jurisdictions than the City's current definition. Ordinance No. 126,2002,was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002. 14. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 127,2002,Amending Section 2-474(2) of the City Code Relating to Membership of the Housing Authority. The Board of Commissioners of the Fort Collins Housing Authority has requested that its membership be increased from seven members to nine members. Section 29-4-205,C.R.S., provides that the Housing Authority shall consist of no more than nine commissioners appointed by the Council. The Board of Commissioners believes that currently the Housing Authority has good representation from different areas of the community but believes that two additional members would bring more diversity and experience to the Housing Authority. Ordinance No. 127, 2002, was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002. 15. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 128, 2002, Amending Chapter 20, Article III of the City Code Concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Indoor Furniture in Certain Outdoor Locations. The City Code presently prohibits the use of indoor furniture in certain outdoor locations. It does so by including the use of indoor furniture in those locations within the definition of "discarded furniture" which, in turn, is part of the definition of"rubbish." An accumulation of rubbish is subject to removal by the City as a nuisance under the City Code. This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on first reading on September 3, 2002, establishes a different approach to prohibiting indoor furniture in outdoor locations and would directly prohibit such furniture in yards and on uncovered porches. Pursuant to direction received from the Council on first reading, a new subsection has been added on second reading to allow for the immediate,temporary use of upholstered furniture out-of-doors as long as the furniture does not remain in the outdoor location overnight. City of Fort Collins ® Pb"d On nay Nd paps. PAGE 5 16. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 129,2002,Amending the City Code to Create a Standard Procedure for Administrative Aooeals to the City Manager. This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002, amends the City Code to create one standard procedure for appeals to the City Manager of administrative decisions, when such an appeal is authorized by the Code. 17. Items Relating to Code Amendments Updating Organizational Structure. Department and Service Area Names and Job Titles. A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 130, 2002, Amending Various Provisions of the City Code as They Relate to the Names of Departments and Service Areas and the Job Titles of Certain City Staff. In 2001, the City Charter was amended to redefine the terms "department" and "division" and define the term"service area",to be consistent with the current organizational structure of the City. The organizational level that was previously called a "department"is now referred to as a"service area", and what was previously called a"division" is now called a "department". Following this Charter amendment, the City Attorney's office and the City Clerk's office began reviewing the City Code and examining every use of the words "department" and "division" in the Code, to determine whether in each instance the term needed to be replaced. Ordinance No. 130,2002,was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002. B. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 131,2002,Amending Chapter 2,Article V of the City Code to Bring the Administrative Organization Provisions of the Code into Agreement with the Current Administrative Structure of the City. Staff discovered that Article V of Chapter 2 of the Code,which describes the administrative organization of the City,did not coincide with the City's current administrative structure,and decided to redraft it to better reflect the"service area" structure as it now exists. Ordinance No. 131, 2002, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002, separating out the executive, legislative and judicial offices into one category, the existing service areas into another category, and Fire Services (which is not directly responsible to the City Manager and therefore, by definition, not a true "service area") into its own category. 18. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 132,2002,Vacating a Portion of Right-of-wav for Rock Creek Drive and Retaining a Portion Thereof for Utility Easement. This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002, vacates a portion of right-of-way for Rock Creek Drive and retains a portion for a utility easement in order to eliminate the dedicated right-of-way "street stub". City of Fort Collins ® n:n.a. �.r.«a....• PAGE 6 19. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 133, 2002, Vacating Portions of Right-of-way for Cambridge Avenue and Retaining Portions Thereof for Utility Easement. This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002, vacates portions of right-of-way for Cambridge Avenue and retains portions for utility easements in order to eliminate the dedicated right-of-way "street stubs". 20. First Reading of Ordinance No. 136 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund for the Poudre Valley Health System Reduce Intoxicated Driving Program. Poudre Valley Health System has developed a comprehensive prevention program called RID (Reduce Intoxicated Driving.) The RID program works in collaboration with local government,businesses,law enforcement,health care providers,Colorado State University, Poudre School District, and other community sectors to reduce the number of individuals who drive intoxicated. The program includes a number of strategies to decrease the number of people who drive intoxicated. One strategy is through public education and dissemination of information about the hazards of drunk driving to youth in the community. This strategy is intended to minimize the number of individuals who drive while intoxicated by using hands-on DUI prevention activities. 21. First Reading of Ordinance No. 137, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Capital Projects Fund-Gateway Mountain Park Capital Project and the Conservation Trust Fund for Transfer to the Capital Projects Fund-Gateway Mountain Park Capital Project to be Used for Improvements to Gateway Mountain Park. Gateway Mountain Park is a 377-acre site located five miles up the Cache la Poudre River Canyon from the intersection of Highways 287 and 14 (Ted's Place). The site is owned by the City of Fort Collins and was previously the City's Water Filtration Plant. The City Council has provided direction to make the property accessible to the public as a park. The Park opened in June this year. The City received grants of$100,000 from Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund("GOCO"), and $80,000 from the Colorado Division of Wildlife("DOW"). Project contingency funds were used to pay for the development of internal park facilities including such features as picnic areas, restrooms, interpretive facilities, and other site amenities, to be reimbursed through the GOCO and DOW grant funds. The City has now received the reimbursement funds from these granting agencies, and the Ordinance appropriates them in the project. City of Fort Collins ® M1 bd on navnhdvwr. PAGE 22. First Reading of Ordinance No 138 2002 Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Street Oversizing Fund For Transfer to the Capital Projects Fund - Lemay Avenue, Fossil Creek Bridge to Trilby Road Capital Project to Survev Existing Utilities for the Design of Roadway Improvements on Lemay Avenue from the Fossil Creek Bridge to Trilby Road. The Street Oversizing Program, in conjunction with the City's construction of Fossil Creek Community Park, is completing the engineering design of Lemay Avenue from the Fossil Creek bridge(near Muirfield Way)to Trilby Road. Lemay Avenue will be widened to a four lane arterial with curb and gutter, landscaped medians, bike lanes and sidewalks. A pedestrian underpass for the Fossil Creek Recreation Trail will cross Lemay Avenue as part of this project. The engineering design is 80% complete for Lemay Avenue. However, numerous utility concerns between the pedestrian tunnel,existing 24"waterline,existing electrical duct banks, existing fiber optic data lines and the road widening,make construction tolerances extremely tight and with little margin for error. To address these utility concerns, staff is recommending that a contractor be hired to do a utility survey to verify the actual locations of the utilities and incorporate them into the design plans. The completion of this survey will result in a more accurate design and reduce utility relocations. This will in turn reduce construction costs and field change orders and realize significant savings to the project. This ordinance is required to appropriate prior year reserves in the Street Oversizing Fund for transfer into the Capital Projects fund. 23. First Reading of Ordinance No 139 2002 Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Water Fund to Construct Backwash Water Reuse Facilities. This Ordinance authorizes a $1,544,000 appropriation of prior year reserves in the Water Fund for a capital project to construct backwash water reuse facilities at the Water Treatment Plant. Once constructed,the recycling process would conserve approximately 1,500 acre-feet of water annually. 24. Resolution 2002-086 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Grant Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration Regarding the Design of an Airport Snow Removal Equipment Building. The Airport is required by the FAA to properly maintain and operate the snow removal equipment. Presently the Airport's snow removal equipment consists of a 1975 Ford Dump Truck with a snow blade, John Deere Tractor with snow blade, a Snow Blast snow blower and a Unimog with snow blade/blower.This equipment is stored at various locations on the Airport including hangar storage units and the outdoors. This situation makes maintenance of the vehicles difficult and creates an inefficient use of space. The FAA supports the construction of a new SIZE building for the proper storage and maintenance of the equipment. City of Fort Collins ®v,:n.a.��=rararw. PAGE 8 This project will enhance the safety and operation of the Airport and is on the Airport's current Capital Improvement Plan. Once the construction costs are identified through a federal bidding process the FAA will issue another grant for the construction and supervision of the project. The Snow Removal Equipment Building construction will be about 3,000 square feet and cost approximately $360,000. FAA Grant funds will total 90%of the projects costs,the State has issued a grant in the amount of$30,000 towards the project and the Airport's budget contains $30,000 of matching funds. 25. Routine Easements. A. Easement for construction and maintenance of public utilities from Terry A. and Holly E. Robertus, to underground electric services, located at 146 North College Avenue. Monetary consideration: $100. Staff: Patti Teraoka. B. Easement for construction and maintenance of public utilities from Harold & Reta C. Brown, to underground electric services, located at 634 Whedbee. Monetary consideration: $250. Staff: Patti Teraoka. ***END CONSENT*** 26. Consent Calendar Follow-up. This is an opportunity for Councilmembers to comment on items adopted or approved on the Consent Calendar. 27. Staff Reports. a. Introduction of representatives from Cebu, Philippines. 28. Councilmember Reports. ITEMS NEEDING INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 29. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 135 2002, Amending Emergency Ordinance No. 112, 2002 Prescribing Temporary Restrictions on the Use of City Treated Water for Lawn Watering to Reduce Weekly Watering from Two Days to One Day,to Modify Related Permit Procedures and to Eliminate the Requirement That Warnings Be Issued. In response to the extreme drought conditions, the City Council adopted, at its regular meeting on July 16, 2002, Emergency Ordinance No. 112, 2002, prescribing temporary restrictions on the use of City-treated water for lawn watering. At its regular meeting on September 3, 2002, the City Council adopted on second reading Ordinance No. 118, 2002, City of Fort Collins ® a.��a,awa..... PAGE 9 adjusting the period of watering allowed for newly seeded and sodded areas, and further reviewed information regarding the effectiveness of the restrictions. The Council generally concluded that, given the seriousness of the drought, saving additional water, above and beyond the water savings resulting from the existing water restrictions, would be prudent As a result,the Council directed staff to draft an ordinance for consideration at an adjourned meeting on September 10, 2002. Ordinance No. 135, 2002, states that the temporary restrictions on the use of City treated water for weekly lawn watering is reduced from two days to one day. It also makes certain modifications to permit procedures as well as eliminating the requirement that warnings be issued. Ordinance No. 135, 2002, was unanimously adopted on First Reading at an adjourned meeting on September 10,2002. Because the version of Ordinance No. 135,2002 that was adopted on First Reading on September 10 was proposed at that meeting, the Ordinance, showing amendments to Emergency Ordinance No. 112,2002 as amended by Ordinance No. 118, 2002, is attached for reference. 30. First Readine of Ordinance No 140 2002 Declaring the Parking of Vehicles in Front Yards to Be a Nuisance and Prohibiting the Same. The City's Land Use Code currently contains provisions regulating the parking of vehicles in front yards of new development lots on which single family or two-family dwelling units. This proposed Ordinance would provide stricter regulations that would declare the parking of vehicles in front or side yards of new and existing lots to be a nuisance, and would prohibit such parking under the nuisance provisions contained in Chapter 20 of the City Code, unless the vehicle is parked in a designated alley or on a hard surface of asphalt, concrete, rock, gravel or other similar inorganic material. Parked vehicles on front and side yards that abut public streets present both a traffic safety hazard and a negative aesthetic appearance to the neighborhoods of Fort Collins. These parked vehicles are dangerous as they do not allow an orderly ingress and egress to a public street. They also track mud and dirt onto the public street and their presence on yards has a negative impact on the land and looks both disorderly and unappealing. Adopting this Ordinance will better preserve an acceptable level of safety and aesthetic appearance in the neighborhoods of Fort Collins. 31. Items Relating to Posting Notices and Handbills on Premises. A. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 134, 2002, Amending Section 17-42 of the City Code Regarding Posting Notices and Handbills on Premises to Create Different Categories of Offenses. B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 141, 2002,Amending Section 17-42 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins Regarding Posting Notices and Handbills on Premises to Create a Separate Offense for Failure to Remove an Illegally Posted Notice or Sign. City of Fort Collins ® n:..a...... «a.w.. PAGE 10 Ordinance No. 134, 2002, which was adopted 6-1, on First Reading on September 3, 2002, amends Section 17-42 of the City Code, which makes it an offense to post notices or handbills on public or private premise without permission of the owner, to create four separate categories of offenses depending on whether the notice is commercial or non- commercial in nature, and whether it is posted on public or private property. Creating subsections to Section 17-42 will allow the Municipal Judge to establish a different standard fine for each category of offense, in recognition of the more serious problem caused by the posting of commercial notices on public property. Section 17-42, as amended,would retain the existing exception for fastening materials to the entrances to private residences unless access is restricted or a"No Trespassing" or "No Solicitation" sign is posted. On First Reading of Ordinance No. 134, 2002, Council directed staff to make a number of changes to the Ordinance prior to second reading. The primary changes were to exempt garage sale signs from the definition of"commercial or business sign"and to add a provision that would make it a violation of the Code for a business or individual whose name is advertised or promoted on an illegally posted sign to fail to remove such sign when notified to do so by the City. Ordinance No. 134, 2002, as revised for second reading, specifically includes in the definition of"non-commercial sign" those signs that promote yard sales or garage sales in a residential area lasting no longer than three consecutive days and occurring no more than five times annually at the same location. This language was chosen because sales fitting this description are already exempted from needing an outdoor vendor license under sections 15- 381 and 15-382 of the Code. The ordinance has also been amended to add the word "handbill" to the definitions of"commercial or business sign" and non-commercial sign", to make them more consistent with the existing title, and to add "election-related" to the definition of"non-commercial sign". Ordinance No. 141, 2002 would add a new subsection (e) to Section 17-42 making it a violation of the Code for a business or individual whose name is advertised or promoted on an illegally posted sign to fail to remove such sign when notified to do so by the City. This change is being made by a separate ordinance because it is beyond the scope of the original Ordinance No. 134, 2002. 32. Items Relatinf to the Adontion of the East Mulberry Corridor Plan, as an Element of City Plan and Implementation Recommendations to Amend the City Structure Plan and Master Street Plan. A. Resolution 2002-087 Adopting the East Mulberry Corridor Plan as an Element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City. B. Resolution 2002-088 Amending the City's Structure Plan Map to Comport with the Recommendations of the East Mulberry Corridor Plan. City of Fort Collins PAGE 11 C. Resolution 2002-089 Amending the City's Master Street Plan to Comport with the Recommendations of the East Mulberry Corridor Plan The preliminary financial assessment included in the implementation chapter shows that most of the identified future public improvement will be financed by new development for such projects as future parks, streets and segments of trails. Some of these public facilities will require a combination of funding between the public and private sectors. Existing developed areas needing upgrades and improvements for existing streets and storm drainage facilities will require the property owners to initiate special improvement districts to finance these projects. If annexed,the City will work with the affected property owners, and potentially partner in funding a portion of the improvements if the impacts are determined to extend outside of the immediate area. A future capital project may be identified with the extension of International Boulevard (between Lemay Avenue and Timberline Road) if it is determined that new development cannot fund this alignment. 33. Resolution 2002-090 Expressing the Council's Support For the Allocation of Funds Within the Natural Areas Program for Operations and Maintenance Through 2021, as well as for Acquisition of Community Separators and for Other Land Conservation Opportunities. This Resolution expresses the Council's support for the allocation of natural areas program tax revenues to long-term operations and maintenance through 2021, and to acquisition of community separators and other land conservation activities. Based on City Council direction from study session discussions on April 9,2002,and August 27,2002,Natural Resources Department staff has prepared a long term funding plan that will provide stewardship(operations and maintenance)of the City's Natural Areas through 2021. This stewardship period is three years past the expiration of the Larimer County Help Preserve Open Spaces ("HPOS") tax in 2018. The use of the projected tax revenues for operations and maintenance only through 2021 allows for the use of remaining funds in the approximate amount of$16 million (in 2002 dollars) for other purposes. The Council directed staff to include in its long-term funding plan the use of these remaining funds for the acquisition of community separators and for other land conservation opportunities. At its August 27 study session,Council directed staff to prepare a resolution documenting the Council's support for this long-term plan for allocation of funds in the Natural Areas program. 34. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 121 2002, Authorizing the Issuance of City of Fort Collins Colorado General Obligation Water Refunding Bonds, Series 2002, Dated September 15 2002, in the Aggregate Principal Amount of$19,460,000. Ordinance No. 121, 2002, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002, authorizes the issuance of the bonds. Bond Counsel will file a copy of the bond ordinance in the office of the City Clerk,on or before September 13, 2002. The bonds will City of Fort Collins 00pd an neyeMOpWv PAGE 12 be sold on September 17. The Financial Officer will read the final numbers into the record at the regular meeting on September 17. 35. Pulled Consent Items. 36. Other Business. 37. Adjournment. City of Fort Collins ® M1�bd mi WeysMdOWn PAGE 13 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY ENTERPRISE 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Roll Call. 3. Second Reading of Ordinance No 007 Authorizing the Issuance of City of Fort Collins. Colorado Stormwater Utility Enterorise Storm Drainage Revenue Refunding Bonds,Series 2002 Dated September 15 2002 in the Aggregate Principal Amount of$2,800,000. The City of Fort Collins and its Stormwater Utility Enterprise have issued bonds to raise funds to provide for needed capital improvements that provide a storm drainage service to property owners within the city. In 1992, the City issued $4,335,000 of bonds to provide funding for capital improvements in various stormwater basins within the City. According to the provisions of the 1992 Bonds, they are now eligible to be refinanced. The City will be paying off higher cost bonds with new bonds that will have much lower interest rates. The 1992 issues carried interest rates up to 6.4.% The refunding Bonds in this Ordinance will likely carry interest rates under 3.5%. The savings on the lower rates should be over $150,000. The final rates will be determined by selling the Bonds at a competitive sale on September 17. Ordinance No. 007, was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September 3, 2002. 4. Other Business. 5. Adioumment. City of Fort Collins