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MEMORANDUM
TO: Fort Collins City Council
FROM: Trudy Haines, Chair, Land Conservation and Stewardship Board
DATE: October 1, 2014
RE: Building on Basics (BOB) 2.0 ¼ Cent Sales Tax Renewal
LCSB RECOMMENDATION
The Land Conservation and Stewardship Board recommends that City Council include the
following projects in the Building on Basics (BOB) 2.0 ¼ Cent Sales Tax Renewal. We have
included the level of funding that we recommend to make these efforts truly viable over the life
of the tax.
• Recreation Trail Enhancements: $10 million including needed parking lots and
restrooms. We also recommend that the $350,000 that the Natural Areas Department
has transferred to Parks for trails for many years be now used for the intended purpose
of preservation and restoration of natural areas (especially since the Conservation Trust
funds are proposed to be used for trails in the City Manager’s recommended budget).
• Downtown Poudre River Enhancements: $12.8 million
• Implementing Nature in the City: $5 million or more
• Climate Action Projects: $4 million
Thank you.