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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 21, 2019
City Council
STAFF
Suzanne Bassinger, Civil Engineer III
Kurt Friesen, Director of Park Planning & Development
Jody Hurst, Legal
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 067, 2019, Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue and Authorizing Transfers of
Appropriations for a Great Outdoors Colorado Grant Project to Update the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appropriate unanticipated grant revenue awarded by Great Outdoors Colorado
(GOCO) to update the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan. The existing Parks and Recreation Policy Plan,
dated October 2008, requires periodic updating to reflect current conditions and address ongoing challenges of
the Parks, Recreation, and Park Planning and Development departments. A GOCO Planning Grant
application was submitted in November 2018 to supplement project funding. GOCO released notification of a
$75,000 grant award for the project in March 2019. A grant agreement to accept the grant award is pending,
and a resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign the agreement will accompany this Ordinance on Second
Reading.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Parks and Recreation Policy Plan is the guiding document for the Parks, Recreation and Park Planning
and Development departments. Updates to the Policy Plan are scheduled on a regular basis to reflect then-
current conditions and address evolving needs of the community and the departments. The existing Parks and
Recreation Policy Plan was adopted October 2008 and requires updating.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The unanticipated grant revenue of $75,000 from GOCO will be matched by a total of $275,000 through a
combination of existing appropriated funds from the Park Planning and Development Department in the
Neighborhood Parkland Fund ($175,000), the Recreation Department in the Recreation Fund ($75,000), and
the Parks Department in the General Fund ($25,000). No additional financial impacts are anticipated.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
At its October 2018 meeting, the Parks and Recreation Board discussed the grant application and created a
letter of recommendation to the GOCO Program Officer. (Attachment 1)
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PUBLIC OUTREACH
No public outreach was performed for the grant application. Extensive public outreach will be an integral part
of the development of the Policy Plan update, and the grant funds will be used, in part, to assure a robust
community outreach effort.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Parks and Recreation Board Letter of Recommendation (PDF)
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Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
2A18-2019 Chair - Rob Cagen
October 24,2018
Ms. Madison Brannigan
Program Officer, Parks & Planning
Great Outdoors Colorado
1900 Grant Street
Denver, CO 80203
Dear Ms. Brannigan,
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is writing this letter to support the City of Fort
Collins' grant application for funding to support an update to the Fort Collins Parl* and
Recreation Policy Plan ("Policy Plan"). The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board ("P&R
Board") is closely involved with the review of projects and policy addressing our communities
outdoor and indoor recreational programs and infrastructure. The P&R Board will be an
important stakeholder in the development of the Policy Plan, and is an advisory body to the Fort
Collins City Council, who will ultimately adopt the Policy Plan document to inform policy
decisions and directions for the future.
The City of Fort Collins has over 925 acres of developed park land, and over 35 miles of paved
recreational trails. This investment in providing opportunities for our community to experience
healthy activities, engage in family events, and recreate in the outdoors could not have been
accomplished without the guidance of the 2008 Parks and Recreation Policy Plan.
Our region is growing, andthe City's ability to continue to provide a comparable level of
recreational facilities to the cofilmunity is outpacing previously identified resources. The City's
current Parks & Recreation Policy Plan requires updating to address the current growth and
financial climate. It is our understanding that developing a strategic plan for the next ten years
will insure the continuation of the standard of excellence demonstrated by the City of Fort
Collins, and build on that standard to consider the current impacts of rapid growth, limited
financial resources, and the ever-expanding, and changing, public demand for recreational
opportunities.
The City of Fort Collins Parks and Recreation Advisory Board encourages Great Outdoors
Colorado to support this important planning project with grant funds.
ffiBoard & Recreation Advisory
ATTACHMENT 1
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ORDINANCE NO. 067, 2019
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS
OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR A GREAT OUTDOORS COLORADO GRANT
PROJECT TO UPDATE THE PARKS AND RECREATION POLICY PLAN
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a Great Outdoors Colorado (“GOCO”) grant in
the amount of $75,000 that will be used to update and revise the City’s Parks and Recreation
Policy Plan (the “GOCO Grant”); and
WHEREAS, the GOCO Grant will be used to evaluate, update, and create a clear vision
of the future of the City’s parks and recreation system; and
WHEREAS, the GOCO Grant requires a 25% match from the City and at least 10% of
the match must be from cash resources; and
WHEREAS, the City has $25,000 set aside as matching funds from the General Fund;
and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Board voted to support the grant application; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens
of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose of helping the City to plan for future parks and
recreation activities for all of the Citizens of Fort Collins to enjoy; 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, the City Manager has recommended the appropriation described herein and
determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the
Neighborhood Parkland Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the
Neighborhood Parkland Fund to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to
be received in that fund during any fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
transfer by ordinance any unexpended and unencumbered appropriated amount or portion thereof
from one fund or capital project to another fund or capital project, provided that the purpose for
which the transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; the purpose for which the
funds were initially appropriated no longer exists; or the proposed transfer is from a fund or
capital project in which the amount appropriated exceeds the amount needed to accomplish the
purpose specified in the appropriation ordinance.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue
in the Neighborhood Parkland Fund the sum of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($175,000) for the GOCO Grant and appropriated therein.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($75,000) in the Recreation Fund is authorized for transfer to the
Neighborhood Parkland Fund and appropriated therein as matching funds for the GOCO Grant.
Section 4. That the unexpended appropriated amount of TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) in the General Fund is authorized for transfer to the
Neighborhood Parkland Fund and appropriated therein as matching funds for the GOCO Grant.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of
May, A.D. 2019, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of June, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Chief Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of June, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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City Clerk