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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/21/2003 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 001, 2003, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 9 DATE: January 21, 2003 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM Edith Felchle SUBJECT : Second Reading of Ordinance No. 001, 2003, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Open Lands Fund Representing Reimbursement from the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund to be Used for the Acquisition of Open Space, Trails, and Natural Areas. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on January 7, 2003, by a vote of 5-0 (Councilmembers Bertschy and Tharp absent), appropriates grant funds received from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) for three properties in the PoudreBig Thompson GOCO Legacy project as well as grant money received from GOCO as a result of an adjustment to a previous grant that was received for the Jensen portion of the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area. The three properties in the PoudreBig Thompson GOCO Legacy project, and their respective grant amounts, are: Nix Natural Area: $394,500; Cattail Chorus Natural Area: $135,000; and McMurry Annex/Ackerman Court (identified as #98P1 on the attached map): $242,500. The fourth property covered by this Ordinance is the Jensen portion (the hatched "site" on the attached map) of the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area. ORDINANCE NO. 001, 2003 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE OPEN LANDS FUND REPRESENTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS COLORADO TRUST FUND TO BE USED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE, TRAILS, AND NATURAL AREAS WHEREAS, the Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (the "GOCO Board") created a statewide Legacy Project Grant Program designed to further wildlife programs through the Colorado Division of Wildlife ("DOW"); outdoor recreation programs through the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation ("DPOR"); open space and natural areas programs through the DPOR,DOW,municipalities,counties,or nonprofit land conservation entities;and local government open space, trails and other outdoor recreation facilities; and WHEREAS, the goal of the Legacy Project Grant Program is to bring together public and private organizations in a spirit of cooperation and with a common goal to complete projects of state- wide benefit; and WHEREAS, in 1996, the City of Fort Collins, City of Greeley, City of Loveland, Estes Valley Park and Recreation District,Larimer County,Town of Windsor, Weld County, the Nature Conservancy, Poudre River Trail Corridor, Inc., DOW, and DPOR submitted a detailed project application to the GOCO Board for the completion of the project entitled the Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy Project, which was approved by the GOCO Board in the amount of$3,400,000, on October 23, 1996 (the "Phase I Grant"); and WHEREAS, in September 1998, the Council adopted Resolution 98-128, authorizing the City Manager to enter into the Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy Project Grant Agreement with the GOCO Board, together with the City of Greeley, City of Loveland, Estes Valley Park and Recreation District,Larimer County,Town of Windsor,Weld County,the Nature Conservancy,and Poudre River Trail Corridor,Inc.,regarding the Phase I Grant,together with a related Memorandum of Understanding amongst the grant partners; and WHEREAS, on January 18, 2000, the Council adopted Resolution 2000-14, authorizing amendments to the existing grant and agreements, including approval by the GOCO Board of an additional $2,500,000 (the "Phase II Grant") to provide for the completion of additional riparian corridor protection, trail construction, and environmental learning site improvements; and WHEREAS,the Phase I Grant and the Phase II Grant,collectively referred to as the"Legacy Grant Project", provide for reimbursement to participating grant recipients for a portion of the cost of acquiring open space ornatural area properties,consistent with the work plan for the Legacy Grant Project; and i WHEREAS, in 1996, the City of Fort Collins acquired approximately 30.6 acres of land located east of Lemay Avenue and south of Mulberry Avenue, and known as Nix Natural Area, for the purchase price of$475,515; and WHEREAS,also in 1996,the City purchased an undivided 32%interest in 98.29 acres of land between Mulberry Avenue and Prospect Road to the east and west adjacent to Timberline Road,for the purchase price of$400,000, and accepted the donation of an additional 68%undivided interest in the property; and WHEREAS, since 1996, the City has used 4.2 acres of the aforementioned property as part of the extension of Timberline Road, and designated the remainder of the property as two separate natural areas, Kingfisher Point Natural Area and Cattail Chorus Natural Area; and WHEREAS,in 1998,the City acquired approximately 17.5 acres of land located north of the Cache La Poudre River to east of Shields Street, and referred to as the McMurry Annex/Ackerman Court Property, for the purchase price of$250,000; and WHEREAS, staff, in consultation with the staff of the GOCO Board identified the aforementioned properties as land for which a portion of the acquisition costs, totaling $772,000, may appropriately be reimbursed under the Legacy Grant Project, as follows: Nix Natural Area (29.94 acres) $ 394,500 Cattail Chorus Natural Area (34.48 acres) 135,000 McMurry Annex/Ackerman Court Property (17.5 acres) 242,500 Total $ 772,000 and WHEREAS, additionally, City Council approved the appropriation of a reimbursement by the GOCO Board under the Legacy Grant Project for a portion (80 acres) of the Cathy Fromme Prairie, in 2000, via Ordinance No. 49, 2000, in the amount of$235,000; and WHEREAS,following further negotiations between City staff and the GOCO Board,GOCO has awarded the City an additional $15,000 reimbursement, associated with the 80-acre portion of the Cathy Fromme Prairie; and WHEREAS, the City received reimbursement in the amount of$787,000 from the GOCO Board in 2002,for the properties described above,and said funds were deposited in the City's Open Lands Fund; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the"Charter") permits the Council to appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as may be available from reserves accumulated in prior years,notwithstanding that such reserves were not previously appropriated; and WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate$787,000 from prior year reserves in the Open Lands Fund to be used for the acquisition of open space, trails, and natural areas. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Open Lands Fund, the sum of SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($787,000)to be used for the acquisition of open space trails, and natural areas. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of January, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of January, A.D. 2003. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of January, A.D. 2003. 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FINANCIAL IMPACT: A total of$787,000 will be appropriated. �` a EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This Ordinance appropriates grant funds received from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) for three properties in the PoudreBig Thom son GOCO Le acy project as well as grant money received from GOCO as a restrl of an lus )ent o a -reTggacy grant that was received for the Jensen portion of the Cathy F mme Pr 'e Nr The three properties in the Pou re/Big Thompson GOCO project, and their respective grant amounts, are: Nix Natural Area: $394,500; Cattail Chorus Natural Area: $135,000; and McMurry Annex/Ackerman Court: $242,500. GOCO has agreed to include the City's acquisition of Kingfisher Point Natural Area as part of the City's local match for the grant, allowing for a relatively high percentage of grant funding for these three properties. In October 1998, the City of Fort Collins, along with 10 other partners, signed the GOCO PoudreBig Thompson Project grant agreement. On November 19, 2002, Council approved on Second Reading, Ordinance No. 158, 2002 authorizing the execution of conservation easements on these properties, the conservation easements being a GOCO requirement for properties on which they award grant funds. DATE: anuary 7, 2003 2 ITEM NUMBER: The fourth property covered by this Ordinance is the Jensen portion of the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area. In Ordinance No. 49, 2000, City Council approved the appropriation of$235,000 in grant revenue from GOCO into the Capital Projects Natural Areas capital project. This appropriation was made during grant negotiations with GOCO. When negotiations were completed in June 2002, the grant revenues were actually $250,000. This Ordinance appropriates the remaining $15,000. P Y g ♦ � . }y Y