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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/18/2014 - RESOLUTION 2014-014 AUTHORIZING A LICENSE TO ENTERAgenda Item 12 Item # 12 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 18, 2014 City Council STAFF Helen Matson, Real Estate Services Manager SUBJECT Resolution 2014-014 Authorizing a License to Enter to the U.S. Department of Justice for Use of City-Owned Property at 215 North Mason for Nine Months. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to authorize the U.S. Department of Justice to use the Municipal Courtroom and Waiting Area at 215 North Mason Street for Bankruptcy Creditor Meetings. There are 10 scheduled meetings during the remainder of 2014. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The United Sates Trustee Program is a division of the Department of Justice. This program is responsible for overseeing and administering all the bankruptcy cases filed in the District of Colorado. A major component of the bankruptcy process and the Program's oversight is conducting §341 Meetings of Creditors for every bankruptcy case filed. Currently, these meetings are held in Denver, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Grand Junction. In Fort Collins, these meetings have usually been held in the Larimer County Courthouse Office Building. The Courthouse does not have room for all the required meetings, so the Program has been looking for additional space in Fort Collins. Their room needs include a space that is ADA accessible and can hold up to 35 people at one time. Signage will be provided to direct participants to the courtroom and the waiting room. The §341 Meetings will not interfere with Municipal Court employees. Signage will be provided directing people to the property rooms. If necessary, the Program will add more staff to be in the lobby while participants are arriving. These meetings are scheduled on Fridays, a day when the Courtroom is not currently being used. There are nine dates confirmed with the possibility of adding one more date in May. Their use of the facility will be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Judge Lane has approved their use of these spaces on Fridays. FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACT The Department of Justice will pay a one-time processing fee of $500 for the use of the City-owned facilities. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location map (PDF) - 1 - RESOLUTION 2014-014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING A LICENSE TO ENTER TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR USE OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY AT 215 NORTH MASON FOR NINE MONTHS WHEREAS, the City is the owner of an office building located at 215 North Mason Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, which includes the courtroom and waiting area for the Fort Collins Municipal Court (the “Courtroom Space”); and WHEREAS, the United States Trustee Program (the “Program”) is a division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ); and WHEREAS, the Program oversees and administers all the bankruptcy cases filed in the federal courts for the District of Colorado; and WHEREAS, part of the Program is a Meeting of Creditors, presided over by the Case Trustee, which a debtor is required to attend after filing bankruptcy; and WHEREAS, in Fort Collins these meetings have usually been held in the Larimer County Courthouse, but the Courthouse does not have room to accommodate all the required meetings, so the DOJ has been looking for additional space; and WHEREAS, the DOJ has asked to use the Courtroom Space for up to ten meetings in 2014; and WHEREAS, the meetings would all be held on Fridays when the Courtroom Space is not usually in use, and should not interfere with Municipal Court business; and WHEREAS, the DOJ would pay a one-time processing fee of $500 for use of the Courtroom Space; and WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to permit the use or occupation of any street, alley or public place, provided that such permit shall be revocable by the City Council at its pleasure, whether or not such right to revoke is expressly reserved in such permit. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a license to enter for the DOJ to use the Courtroom Space on terms and conditions consistent with this Resolution, together with such additional terms and conditions as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, deems necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the City or to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution, including any necessary changes to the description of the license area, as long as such changes do not materially increase the size or change the character of the license area. - 2 - Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 18th day of February, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk