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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/06/2001 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 37, 2001, APPROPRIA ITEM NUMBER: 16 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 6, 2001 STAFF: Timothy Wilder SUBJECT: First Reading of Ordinance No. 37, 2001, Appropriating Unanticipated Grant Revenue in the General Fund and Authorizing the Transfer of Matching Funds Previously Appropriated in the Advance Planning Budget for a Cultural Resources Survey of the Downtown River Corridor. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Adoption of the Ordinance will appropriate unanticipated revenue from a Certified Local Government Grant in the amount of $25,000. The grant does not create an additional financial obligation on the part of the City. Matching funds in the amount of $10,000 are currently available in the Advance Planning Department's 2001 budget and are transferred to the 10 appropriate project fund by the Ordinance. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The City has received a grant of$25,000 through the Colorado Historical Society Certified Local Government Grant Program. The grant funding will enable City staff, working in cooperation with property owners, community organizations and other members of the community, to complete a cultural resources survey for the Downtown River Corridor. The survey will involve (1) identification and evaluation of existing historic structures; (2) archival research to provide more information about physical changes in the area from 1864 — present; (3) overlay maps showing the historic contexts (e.g., military post period, railroad period, etc.); (4) a plan for future archaeological testing in the Downtown River Corridor; and (5) extensive public involvement. This project was identified as an existing public project in the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Summary Report, approved by City Council on July 18, 2000, with the adoption of Resolution 2000-95. Appropriation of the grant funding will allow completion of this project as well as provide the basis for future educational and interpretive activities in the Downtown River Corridor. DATE: March 6 2001 2 ITEM NUMBER: 16 BACKGROUND: The City has received a grant of$25,000 through the Colorado Historical Society Certified Local Government (CLG) Grant Program. The Grant Program receives federal funds from the National Park Service. The Program funds historic preservation activities of Certified Local Governments including preparation of local cultural inventories, preparation of comprehensive historic preservation planning, public education programs that create awareness of preservation issues and programs, and other programs. The City has been designated a CLG since 1991. In 1997, the City successfully administered a CLG grant for the Historic Old Town Plaques project. In 1996, the City successfully administered a CLG grant for the Cultural Resource Inventory of the Central Business District project. On July 18, 2000, City Council adopted Resolution 2000-95, approving the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Summary Report. One of the existing projects identified in the report was the "Old Fort Collins Area Historic Archaeology Project", which was intended to identify historical and archaeological resources in the vicinity of the military post and provide direction for future archaeological work. As a result, staff formed a stakeholders group made up of representatives from the property owners association, local historical and archaeological organizations, the Downtown Development Authority, and Colorado State University faculty. This stakeholders group recommended ongoing cooperation to better understand cultural resources in the Downtown River Corridor. The group also suggested specific products to be included. in the cultural resources survey. The products, which were part of the City's grant application to the State, included: intensive level historical survey of properties • archival research to understand the changes that have occurred from 1864 (the date that the Fort was founded)—present • preparation of a series of overlay maps showing physical changes that have occurred on properties during the established historic contexts (e.g., Military post, establishment of the city, the railroad era, etc.). • recommendations for future archaeological testing • extensive community involvement The CLG grant funding will be matched with $10,000 from the Advance Planning Department's 2001 budget. Staff anticipates future phases to involve archaeological testing to verify locations of early fort and other structures and the design of new cultural interpretive features in the Downtown River Corridor. Specific benefits of this project include: • increased public awareness of the history of the Old Fort Site • cooperative process for identifying, protecting and interpreting cultural features involving significant stakeholders enhanced evaluation of the significance of existing historical structures by the Landmark Preservation Commission • promotion of the unique identity of the Downtown River Corridor . ORDINANCE NO. 37, 2001 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF MATCHING FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN THE ADVANCE PLANNING BUDGET FOR A CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE DOWNTOWN RIVER CORRIDOR WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has been awarded a grant through the Colorado Historical Society Certified Local Government Grant Program in the amount of $25,000 (the "Grant"); and WHEREAS,the Grant is to be used for a Cultural Resources Survey of the Downtown River Corridor project; and WHEREAS, on July 18, 2000, City Council adopted Resolution 2000-95, approving the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program Summary Report which included a Cultural Resources Survey of the Downtown River Corridor project; and WHEREAS, the Grant requires $10,000 of City matching funds,which have been included in the 2001 Advance Planning budget for this purpose and are available for transfer to the Cultural Resources Survey of the Downtown River Corridor Grant project; and WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the "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,do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Article V,Section 10,of the Charter authorizes the City Council to transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered amount or portion thereof from one project to another project, provided that the purpose for which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS($25,000)for expenditure in the General Fund for a Cultural Resources Survey of the Downtown River Corridor project. Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000) is authorized for transfer from the Advance Planning budget in the General Fund to the Cultural Resources Survey of the Downtown River Corridor project and appropriated therein. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of March, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of March, A.D. 2001. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of March, A.D. 2001. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk