HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/19/2001 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 108 , 2001, APPROPR AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 18
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: June 19, 2001
STAFF: Cheryl Donaldson}
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 108, 2001, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the
Cultural Services and Facilities Fund to be used to Implement the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
In December of 2000, the Fort Collins Museum staff submitted a grant application to the
Department of Interior, National Park Service for a NAGPRA Documentation grant in the
amount of $70,040. On May 21, 2001 the Museum received written notice that it had been
410 awarded the $70,040 grant. The National Park Service awarded 40 grants to 38 museums and
tribal communities, amounting to a total of$2,386,380. No local matching funds are required.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The documentation grants are awarded to tribal communities and museums for the purposes of
documenting American Indian collections currently held by institutions that have received
federal funding. The grant is to be used to assist in the implementation of the Native American.
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
The Museum will utilize the funds to hire a contract Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act ("NAGPRA") Coordinator to facilitate communication and consultation with
tribes and to provide funds for consultation fees and travel expenses.
The $70,040 will be disbursed on a reimbursement basis over an eighteen-month period. The
Museum is requesting that Council appropriate the $70,040 into the Museum's NAGPRA grant
project for use over the next two fiscal years, 2001 and 2002.
ORDINANCE NO. 108, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE
IN THE CULTURAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES FUND
TO BE USED TO IMPLEMENT THE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES
PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT
WHEREAS, in December of 2000,the Fort Collins Museum submitted a grant application
to the Department of Interior,National Park Service for a Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act grant ("NAGPRA grant") in the amount of$70,040; and
WHEREAS,on May 21,2001,the Museum was awarded a NAGPRA grant,in the amount
of$70,040 from the Department of Interior,National Park Service; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned grant is awarded to tribal communities and museums for
the purposes of documenting American Indian collections currently held by institutions that have
received federal funding; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the NAGPRA grant will be used to assist in the
implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act by hiring a
NAGPRA Coordinator to facilitate communication and consultation with tribes and provide for
• consultation fees and travel expenses; and
WHEREAS, no local matching funds are required; 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, do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of$70,040 in federal
Department of Interior,National Park Service NAGPRA grant funds in the Cultural Services and
Facilities Fund, Museum NAGPRA project budget to be used to for implementing the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
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,NAGPRA grant project,the sum of SEVENTY THOUSAND
FORTY DOLLARS ($70,040) from the federal Department of Interior,National Park Service, to
be used to implement the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of
June, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of July, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of July,A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk