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FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 19, 2002FROM
Marty Heffernan
SUBJECT :
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 042, 2002, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Building
Community Choices Northside Aztlan Community Center Replacement Capital Project and
Authorizing the Project to Proceed.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on March 5, 2002,
appropriates $100,000 from the Building Community Choices, Community Enhancement
Projects Fund. This Fund contains accumulated sales tax to replace the current Northside Aztlan
Community Center (NACC). City Council has expressed interest in keeping the facility on the
current site and on not disrupting operation of the current facility until construction of the new
facility is completed.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 25
DATE: March 5, 2002
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM:' Marty Heffernan
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 042, 2002, Appropriating Prior Year Reserves in the Building
Community Choices Northside Aztlan Community Center Replacement Capital Project and
Authorizing the Project to Proceed.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o e Ordi ce o i t Readin
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance appropriates $100,000 from the Building Community Choices, Community
Enhancement Projects FundCente
n ai ed es tax to replace the current
Northside Aztlan Communit CCPding
un expressed interest in keeping
the facility on the current notope 'on of the current facility until
construction of the new facil d allow staff to hire the services
of the City's contracted architectural firm to work with all interested parties to determine the
feasibility and site costs of building the new recreation center on the grounds of the current
NACC and to cover other preliminary planning and research costs for the project.
BACKGROUND:
In 1997, the voters approved Ordinance No. 31, 1997, which provided for replacement of the
Northside Aztlan Community Center as part of the Building Community Choices (BCC) capital
improvements program.
The first decision to be made(theOthat
ou is proje is to determine a location for the
new facility. The ballot language stateaci sty wou be located in the downtown or
north Fort Collins area...... Staff conducted a search of possible sites in 1998, including the
current location. After a review process, the Parks and Recreation Board recommended to City
Council that, unless an affordable and acceptable alternative could be found, the facility should
be built on the existing site. The Council has expressed interest in building the new recreation
center without disrupting the operation of the current facility.
The current facility sits on an old City landfill. Since the facility opened in 1978, City staff has
dealt with building settling due to shifting of the landfill materials. Walsh Environmental
Scientists and Engineers. LLC. was contracted by the City in 2000/2001 to investigate the soil
and ground water to determine if there is benzene contamination from the former Poudre Valley
Gas Plant, located immediately south of the facility site. Some high benzene levels were
recorded in the area, but the preliminary analysis has determined that none of these issues creates
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a significant reason to preclude replacement of the facility on the site. However, more site
analysis is needed to better understand the costs and impacts of these issues.
City staff is working on the River Redevelopment Project, which geographically includes the
current NACC site and surrounding park. The process to determine the site of the new
recreation center will be coordinated with the river redevelopment project. Site development
costs also need to be identified so that Council can make an informed decision on the location of
the new recreation center.