HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/01/2013 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 132, 2013, APPROPRIDATE: October 1, 2013
STAFF: Beth Higgins
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 10
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 132, 2013, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue from the Institute of Museum
and Library Services in the Museum Fund for “Living with Fire: A Community Responds” Grant Project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate $138,933 in grant funds awarded to Fort Collins Museum of Discovery by
the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded Fort Collins Museum of Discovery $138,933 to complete
a two-year community engagement project called Living with Fire: A Community Responds, focusing on the community
impact of the 2012 High Park Fire. Through this project, the museum will achieve three goals: (1) to collect and share
the stories of the people impacted by the fire; (2) to offer opportunities for collaboration, conversations and research
with other local agencies; and (3) to provide educational programs to the community in collaboration with other
agencies to share these stories and provide general information and resources. Agencies identified for collaboration
include, but are not limited to, High Park Restoration Coalition; Center for Collaborative Conservation at Colorado State
University; City of Fort Collins Utilities; Poudre Fire Authority; Rist Canyon, Livermore and Glacier View Volunteer Fire
Departments; Larimer County; and US Forest Service. The project will begin on October 1, 2013 and will be
completed by September 30, 2015.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS
The extent of financial or economic impact from this item will be commitment of matching funds in the amount of
$186,957.
This grant requires matching funds from the City of Fort Collins in the amount of $186,957, for a project total of
$325,890. These funds will come from the Museum's operating budget.
ORDINANCE NO. 132, 2013
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FROM
THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES IN THE MUSEUM FUND
FOR “LIVING WITH FIRE: A COMMUNITY RESPONDS” GRANT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City was awarded a grant in the amount of $138,933 from The Institute of
Museum and Library Services to complete a two-year community engagement project called
“Living with Fire: A Community Responds,” focusing on the community impact of the 2012
High Park Fire; and
WHEREAS, the Museum will achieve three goals through this project: (1) collecting and
sharing the stories of the people impacted by the fire; (2) offering opportunities for collaboration,
conversations and research with other local agencies; and (3) providing educational programs to
the community in collaboration with other agencies to share these stories and provide information
and resources; and
WHEREAS, the project will begin on October 1, 2013 and will be completed by
September 30, 2015; and
WHEREAS, this grant requires matching funds from the City in the amount of $186,957,
for a total project cost of $325,890; and
WHEREAS, the matching funds will come from existing appropriations in the 2013 and
2014 Museum budget; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the City Charter 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 current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be
received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined the appropriation of grant funds will not cause the
total amount appropriated in the Museum Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and
anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated grant revenue in
the Museum Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS ($138,933) for the “Living with Fire: A Community
Responds” grant project.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
October, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of October, A.D. 2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of October, A.D. 2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk