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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/07/1998 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 52, 1998, ACCEPTING AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 16 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: April 7, 1998STAFF: Brenda Cams SUBJECT : First Reading of Ordinance No. 52, 1998, Accepting a Donation and Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue from an Anonymous Donor for the Continuation of the LINC (Library Information Networking a Community) Program. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Through the facilitation of the Community Foundation serving northern Colorado, an anonymous donation of$100,000 has been made jointly to the Fort Collins Public Library and the Poudre School District to enable the continuation of the LINC (Library Information Networking a Community) program. The City's portion of the donation is $49,750. 1PACKGROUND: Following the 1993 discussions of a joint City/School library in the new Fort Collins High School, the Barton Early Childhood Center Library partnership was developed and was successful. In late 1994,the President of the Community Foundation wrote to the City and School District indicating a donor's interest in seeing a proposal from both entities on how library service to children could be improved. The donor wished the funds to be expended for fixed or capital items rather than ongoing operation and maintenance costs. A team of representatives from the City and District developed a proposal which benefited the community's youth and the community at large. The City's portion of the original $400,000 donation was $195,000. The money was spent on enhancing the Mini Library's homework collection, doubling the number of community bookdrops and a courier to service them,the addition of four Kid's Catalog workstations to the public library, a subscription to the General Periodicals Index (an online resource allowing dial-in users access to 275 periodical titles), providing funds for the Barton Early Childhood Center to remain open as a LINC site during the summer, and the installation of the LINC Electronic Resource Center at the Main Library to support students in their research needs. In July 1996,the Community Foundation notified Susan Kirkpatrick(liaison between the donor and the Foundation) and said the donor was more than pleased with the project and issued a challenge in the hope of creating more interest in and more sites for the program by matching dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000. A proposal outlining ideas for the next evolution of LINC, an estimated budget, what was accomplished and what was learned, was submitted to the donor in October 1996. An DATE: April 7, 1998 2 ITEM NUMBER: 16 update to the proposal was sent to the Community Foundation in 1997 explaining that the City's in- kind contribution would come from a grant received from the State of Colorado Technology Learning Committee in the amount of$175,000. These funds will be used for computer hardware and equipment to furnish 3 computer labs at the Harmony Library,the Northside Aztlan Community Center, and Barton Early Childhood Center; software, courseware and databases; telecommunications costs to connect the Northside Aztlan Community Center and Barton Early Childhood Center to the Internet; computer workstation furniture; and consulting fees for software development and training. This Ordinance appropriates $49,750 in unanticipated revenue in the General Fund on continuation and expansion of electronic resources, continuation of material purchases to meet children's and teens homework needs, continuation of the Barton Early Childhood Center as a LINC site, promotion of LINC programs, dial-in access to school holdings and electronic information, and continuation of the LINC bookdrop service. ORDINANCE NO. 52, 1998 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM AN ANONYMOUS DONOR FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE LILAC (LIBRARY INFORMATION NETWORKING A COMMUNITY) PROGRAM WHEREAS,an anonymous donor has,through the Community Foundation serving northern Colorado,agreed to make a donation to the City and to the Poudre School District in the amount of $100,000 to be used to enable continuation of the LINC program provided the City and School District raise in-kind dollar-for-dollar contributions; and WHEREAS,the City wishes to accept its share of the donation in the amount of$49,750 and appropriate said funds for purposes consistent with the wishes of the donor; and WHEREAS, the City's in-kind contribution will come from a grant received in 1997 from the State of Colorado Technology Learning Committee in the amount of$175,000 which is alread} appropriated in the Library's 1998 budget; and WHEREAS, the City has agreed to use this generous donation to continue and expand electronic resources, continue material purchases to meet children's and teens homework needs. continue Barton Early Childhood Center as a LINC site,promote LINC programs,dial-in access to school holdings and electronic information, and continue the LINC bookdrop service and to use as its in-kind contribution funds from a grant received from the State of Colorado Technology Learning Committee; and WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City Council 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,do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the unanticipated revenue from the anonymous donor referenced herein will not cause total appropriations to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues for fiscal year 1998. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that upon receipt,there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated revenue in the General Fund the sum of FORTY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($49,750) for expenditure in the General Fund for continuation of the LINC program in the Fort Collins community. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of April, A.D. 1998, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of April, A.D. 1998. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 21 st day of April, A.D. 1998. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk