HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/05/2002 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 028, 2002, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 10
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 5, 2002FROM:
Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 028, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the
Advance Planning Budget for the Buckingham, Alta Vista, and Andersonville Neighborhoods
Survey Grant Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on February 19, 2002,
appropriates grant funds so that an intensive-level historic survey of approximately 150 properties,
and the preparation of three historic contexts, on the sugar beet industry, the Germans from Russia
in Fort Collins, and the Hispanics in Fort Collins can be conducted.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 18
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: February 19, 2002
10 STAFF:
Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 028, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
General Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the
Advance Planning Budget for the Buckingham, Alta Vista, and Andersonville Neighborhoods
Survey Grant Project.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends adoption o. 'he Ordi ` nce o i Kadin r
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City has received a grant in the amount of$28,500 from the Colorado Historical Society. The
grant requires matching funds in the amount of $9,500, which have been appropriated in the
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This grant was dependent upc fi mat hi#g fund of` $9 50tr•,fre ously reappropriated from the
Advance Planning Departure s 2000 dget f t ckin Vim, Alta Vista and Andersonville
Neighborhoods Historic Surve d Con ts. e ds from t department's reappropriation and
the funds from the Colorado Historical Society's matching grant will be combined into the
Buckingham, Alta Vista and Andersonville Neighborhoods Survey Grant fund.
Accepting this grant will enable the Fort Collins Advance Planning Department to conduct an
intensive-level historic survey of approximately 150 properties,and the preparation of three historic
contexts, on the sugar beet industry,the Germans from Russia in Fort Collins, and the Hispanics in
Fort Collins. This project is critical to identifying those historic structures eligible for City and State
preservation incentives,such as Colorado State Tax Credits and the City's Landmark Rehabilitation
Loan Program. Historic structure surveys were one of the objectives identified in City Plan and in
the Historic Resources Preservation Program Plan.