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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/21/2003 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 003, 2003, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 11 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: January 21, 2003FROM: Craig Foreman SUBJECT : Second Reading of Ordinance No. 003, 2003, Appropriating $85,000 in Funds in the Sheldon Lake Project for the City Park Pool Renovation Project. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted by a 5-0 vote (Councilmembers Bertschy and Tharp absent) on First Reading on January 7, 2003, appropriates funds in the Sheldon Lake Project for the City Park Pool renovation. ORDINANCE NO. 003, 2003 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE SHELDON LAKE IMPROVEMENTS CAPITAL PROJECT TO THE CITY PARK POOL RENOVATION CAPITAL PROJECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A WATER PLAY STRUCTURE FOR THE OUTDOOR POOL WHEREAS, on March 5, 2002, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 029, 2002, appropriating a donation of$175,000 from the Don and May Wilkins Charitable Trust(the"Trust"), $125,000 in Community Parkland Capital Improvement Expansion Fees, and in-kind services donated by the Elks B.P.O.E.#804 valued at$125,000 to be used to fund improvements to Sheldon Lake in City Park; and WHEREAS, the aforementioned improvements included constructing a boardwalk around the outdoor pool and providing irrigation and landscaping along the west and south shores, constructing a stone wall along City Park Drive, a storage shed adjacent to the Trolley Barn, improvements to City Park Center, and to purchase new paddleboats for the recreation boating program at Sheldon Lake; and WHEREAS, representatives for the Trust and City staff would like to reallocate funding totaling$85,000,which is presently designated for replacement of the wooden retaining wall along City Park Drive with a stone wall, and to instead use those funds for a water play structure for the outdoor pool; and WHEREAS,the existing wooden retaining wall is still functional and not in immediate need of replacement, and the reallocation will not affect the City's ability to complete the boardwalk and shoreline restoration work at Sheldon Lake; and WHEREAS, under Article V, Section 10 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins,the City Council may, by ordinance, upon the request of the City Manager, transfer any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated 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;the purpose for which the funds were initially appropriated no longer exists;or the proposed transfer is from a fund or capital project account in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance;and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to authorize the transfer of $85,000 from the City's Capital Projects Fund - Sheldon Lake Improvements project to the City's Capital Projects Fund-City Park Pool Renovation project, to be used to fund a water play structure for the outdoor pool. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the unexpended appropriated amount of EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($85,000) is hereby authorized for transfer from the Capital Projects Fund - Sheldon Lake Improvements project to the Capital Projects Fund- City Park Pool Renovation project, to be used to fund a water play structure for the outdoor pool. Introduced and considered favorable 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. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk _J AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 15 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: January 7, 2003 STAFF: Craig Foreman SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 003, 2003, Appropriating $85,000 in Funds in the Sheldon Lake Project for the City Park Pool Renovation Project. RECOMMENDATION: -� Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Fist Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Sheldon Lake Project involves construction of a boardwalk and shoreline enhancement and restoration. Funding in the amount of$85,000, donated by the Wilkins Trust and the Elks, was allocated in the project for the replacement of a wooden retaining wall along City Park Drive and improvements to Club Tico. The Trust and the Elks would like t"reallocate these funds for a water play structure for the outdoor pool. The proposed reallocation will not affect the ability to n complete the boardwalk and shoreline restoratiowork.. '... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Ordinance No. 029, 2002, allocated funds totaling $425,000 for the Sheldon Lake project from the City, the Wilkins Trust and the Elks P.O.E. #804. Work on the boardwalk is now nearly q 1- - complete and within budget. a lakehorel a sto ttb iseing coordinated with the Stormwater Sheldon Lake deep ing prolekt. Fuwr re in the Sheldon Lake Project for the shoreline restoration. : Originally, the parties intended to replace the wooden retaining wall on the north side of the lake with a decorative moss rock wall that would match the rock theme used at other locations in the park. However, the wooden retaining wall is functional and can remain for sometime before needing replacement. Accordingly, the Wilkins Trust, the Elks, and City staff believe a water play structure at the pool is more important to the community at this time and support the reallocation of the donated funds.