HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 09/21/1999 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 144, 1999, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 8
DATE: September 21, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Carol Tunner
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 144, 1999,Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Capital
Projects Fund Major Building Maintenance Capital Project for Facade Restoration of the Street
Railway Car Barn.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City of Fort Collins has been awarded a State Historical Fund grant in 1999 by the Colorado
Historical Society. The purpose of the grant is to restore the facade of the 1907 Street Railway Car
Bam. Ordinance No. 144, 1999,which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on September
7, 1999,appropriates unanticipated revenue for the facade restoration of the Street Railway Car Barn,
330 North Howes.
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 16
DATE: September 7, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Carol Turner
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 144, 1999, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Capital
Projects Fund Major Building Maintenance Capital Project for Facade Restoration of the Street
Railway Car Barn.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o e Or ' ce o t Readin
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City has been awarded a grant from the Colorado Historical Society's State Historical Fund in
the amount of$103,800 for the facade restoration of the Street Railway Car Barn,330 North Howes.
Matching funds in the amount Citall
O e a ro v ' le in the Capital Projects Fund
Major Building Maintenancer ect.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This request is to appropriate unanticipated revenue in the amount of $103,800 for the facade
restoration of the Street Railway Car Bam 330 North Howes.
The City of Fort Collins hastnnaz d a S e rical " grant in 1999 by the Colorado
Historical Society. The purpe,g t is re ore the fa de of the 1907 Street Railway Car
Barn. The building's front facade masonry will be re-pointed,t,ee north/south additions will be re-
roofed, the original trolley bay doors will be rebuilt, windows and pass doors will be
reopened/restored and/or reconstructed, and the historic sign and flagpole will be stabilized.
State Historical Fund grants are available to public entities as applicants for the purpose of
rehabilitating their public buildings.
The City's role is to: (1)be the grant applicant for the project; (2) contract with the State to receive
and administer the grant funds; (3) provide the cash match; (4) contract for the rehabilitation; and
(5)be responsible for the distribution of the grant and cash match funds. The grant management
will be administered by the Advance Planning Department. The cost of this administration will be
covered by the Facility Services Department's cash match for the grant.