HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/05/2000 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 114, 2000, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 23
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 5, 2000
STAFF: Virgil Taylor
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 114, 2000, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue in the Capital
Projects Fund Building Community Choices Community Parks Capital Project from the Colorado
Division of Wildlife Through the Fishing is Fun Program to Install an Aeration System to Improve
Water Quality and Fishery in Sheldon Lake at City Park.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City has received a grant for the installation of an aeration system in the amount of$42,500.
The project must be completed by December 31, 2001. The required local match is $49,260.
Matching funds totaling $47,500 are appropriated as part of the Building Community Choices
Community Park Improvements capital project in the Capital Projects Fund with the remaining
match of$1,760 identified as an in-kind contribution from available appropriations in the General
Fund Parks Division budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The water quality and condition of Sheldon Lake in City Park has deteriorated over the past two
decades from various sources of pollution. As a result, the fishery has also suffered and a decline
in the number of fishermen has been seen.
The Parks and Recreation Department applied for the"Fishing Is Fun"grant to help fund installation
of an ozone aeration system. Fish will be stocked in 2001 after some measure of improvement has
been shown in the lake. The aeration system and microbes were recommended in a 1995 study of
ways to improve the lake's water quality.
The grant funds are provided on a matching basis through the federal Sportfish Restoration Project
administered by the Colorado Division of Wildlife through its Fishing is Fun Program. The$42,500
grant is matched by $47,500 in cash from the City for the aeration system installation and fish
stocking. Another $1,760 is for design and engineering provided by the City.
The installation of the system will continue the lake restoration efforts started in 1998 that have
improved the exterior areas of Sheldon Lake. The water quality should improve and the sludge on
the lake bed should also be reduced, providing for more water storage and a better sport fishing
experience.
ORDINANCE NO. 114, 2000
• OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND BUILDING COMMUNITY CHOICES
COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS CAPITAL PROJECT
AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN FUNDS
TO BE USED TO INSTALL AN OZONE AERATION SYSTEM AND STOCKING OF
OF FISH TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY AND FISHERY IN SHELDON LAKE
WHEREAS,the water quality and condition of Sheldon Lake at City Park has deteriorated
over the past two decades from various sources of pollution; and
WHEREAS, the pollution and deterioration of the water quality at Sheldon Lake has
adversely affected the aesthetics and fishery at the lake; and
WHEREAS, the City applied for federal grants funds for the improvement of fisheries and
recreational fishing opportunities in Colorado from the Colorado Division of Wildlife through its
Fishing is Fun Program; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Division of Wildlife has made available to the City, the sum of
forty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($42,500) in federal Sportfish Restoration Project grant
funds through its Fishing is Fund Program to be used to design and install an ozone aeration system
to the lake bed of Sheldon Lake and provide fish stocking(the "Project"); and
WHEREAS,the aforementioned grant funds require a local match,totaling$47,500,and the
City's Park Maintenance Division will provide in-kind services,totaling$1,760, for the design and
engineering of the Project, resulting in a total Project cost of$91,760; and
WHEREAS, the local match, totaling$47,500, is appropriated and available in the Capital
Projects Fund Building Community Choices, Community Parks capital project; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the"Charter")
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, does not exceed the then current estimate of actual
and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 10, of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by
ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one fund or capital
project to another fund or capital project,provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds
are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of forty-two thousand five
hundred dollars($42,500)from unanticipated revenue in the form of grants funds from the Colorado
Division of Wildlife and authorize the transfer of one thousand seven hundred sixty dollars($1,760)
from the City's General Fund to the Capital Projects Fund Building Community Choices,
Community Parks capital project to be used with existing appropriations to design and install an
ozone aeration system and provide for the stocking of fish at Sheldon Lake.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Capital Projects Fund Building Community Choices,Community Parks capital project,the sum
of FORTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($42,500), representing grant fund
funds from the Colorado Division of Wildlife Fishing is Fun Program,to be used to install an ozone
aeration system and providing for the stocking of fish at Sheldon Lake.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of ONE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($1,760) is hereby authorized for transfer from the General Fund
Parks Maintenance 2000 budget to the Capital Projects Fund Building Community Choices,
Community Parks capital project, to be used to install an ozone aeration system and providing for
the stocking of fish at Sheldon Lake.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 5th day of
September, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of September, A.D.
2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day of September, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk