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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/05/2002 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 156, 2002, APPROPR AGENDA \ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 15 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 5, 2002STAFF: Karen McWilliams SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 156, 2002, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund to be Used for Restoration of the 1882 Franz-Smith Cabin. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT: In March of 2002, the Fort Collins Museum staff submitted a grant application to the State Historical Fund for a Building Restoration Grant in the amount of $82,907 to restore the historic 1882 Franz-Smith Cabin. On July 15, 2002, the Museum received written notice that it had been awarded the $82,907 grant. The contract was approved in early October 2002. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The historic 1882 Franz-Smith Cabin originally stood near South Shields and Harmony Roads until it was displaced in 1987 with the development of a new subdivision. The Latimer County Historic Alliance relocated the cabin to Livermore, and in 2000, the Fort Collins Museum, through grant assistance, moved the cabin again to its grounds in Library Park and became the steward of this significant structure. In 2001, a structural assessment was performed on the cabin to evaluate the cabin's condition and to determine restoration needs including scope of work and cost. This information was used for the Building Restoration grant application. The total cost of the restoration project is estimated at $110,543. The Building Restoration grant will cover $82,907 and the Museum will provide matching money in the amount of $27,636 from other grant sources, including the Colorado State Questers. The funds will be used to stabilize and restoie the structure to its 1920s appearance when it was electrified. The restoration project will begin this Fall and extend through June 30, 2004. The grant award will be paid to the City in three payments over the course of the project. ORDINANCE NO. 156, 2002 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND TO BE USED TO STABILIZE AND RESTORE THE HISTORIC FRANZ-SMITH CABIN WHEREAS,the mission of the Fort Collins Museum is to engage and inspire its audiences to explore the legacies of the peoples and environments of the Cache La Poudre River Valley; and WHEREAS, the Franz-Smith Cabin was originally located adjacent to Shields Street, near Harmony Road in around 1882 and serves as an icon of Fort Collins agricultural heritage; and WHEREAS, in 1999, Museum staff, with the support of the Cultural Resources Board and an informal advisory group of citizens, with which Museum staff consulted, determined the cabin would be an appropriate addition to the Museum's Courtyard; and WHEREAS, also in 1999, the City received a $21,000 donation from the Don and May Wilkins Charitable Trust which was appropriated by City Council, via Ordinance No. 26, 2000 on April 4, 2000, along with $21,000 in matching funds provided by the City's General Fund, the Downtown Development Authority and in-kind contributions, for the purpose of relocating the Franz-Smith Cabin to the Museum Courtyard; and WHEREAS, in 2001, the City applied for, and received a grant from the State Historical Fund, in the amount of$5,516, to be used to fund a Historic Structure Assessment of the Franz- Smith Cabin; and WHEREAS, on October 15, 2002, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 145, 2002, which included an appropriation of the aforementioned grant proceeds; and WHEREAS,also during 2002,the Museum applied for and was awarded a State Historical Fund Building Restoration Grant, in the amount of$82,907, to be used to stabilize and restore the Franz-Smith Cabin to its 1920's appearance (the "Project"), when it was electrified; and WHEREAS,the total cost of the Project is$110,543,requiring the City to provide matching funds in the amount of$27,636; and WHEREAS, the aforementioned matching funds will be provided by the Museum through fund raising and donations; 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,does 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 funds from the State Historical Fund and Museum donations and fund raising as described herein,will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Cultural Services & Facilities Fund, Franz-Smith Cabin Restoration project to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during any fiscal year; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of$110,543, in the form of State Historical Fund Building Restoration Grant proceeds($82,907)upon receipt,and proceeds, upon receipt, from Museum fund raising and donations ($27,636), in the Cultural Services & Facilities Fund, Franz-Smith Cabin Restoration project,to be used to stabilize and restore the Franz- Smith Cabin to its 1920's appearance. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in the Cultural Services and Facilities Fund, Franz-Smith Cabin Restoration project, the sum of ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE DOLLARS ($110,543) from the following sources: State Historical Fund Building Restoration Grant, upon receipt $ 82,907 Museum Fund Raising and Donations,upon receipt 27,636 Total $ 110,543 to be used to stabilize and restore the Franz-Smith Cabin to its 1920's appearance. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 5th day of November, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of November, A.D. 2002. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk . Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day of November, A.D. 2002. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk •