HomeMy WebLinkAbout055 - 05/04/2021 - AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE NATURE IN THE CITY PROGRAM AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OPERATING ORDINANCE NO. 055, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE NATURE IN THE CITY
PROGRAM AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGET TO THE
SPRING CANYON PARK PONDS PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City's Natural Areas Department runs the Nature in the City program,
which provides funds to increase wildlife habitat and access to diverse forms of nature for the
entire community through investment in small urban projects, including projects by other City
departments; and
WHEREAS, Nature in the City has awarded $75,000 in funds to the Parks Department for
the Spring Canyon Urban Pond Project (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, an additional $20,000 in the Parks Department operating budget is available
for transfer to the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Project is intended to help protect the water quality in Spring Creek by
improving the quality of the water discharged from the existing pond in the dog park and Spring
Canyon Community Park(the "Park"), and from an existing water quality pond in the Park; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council, upon
recommendation by the City Manager, 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; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer of$75,000 from the Nature
in the City Program within the Capital Projects Fund to the Parks Department Spring Canyon Park
Ponds Project within the Capital Project Fund and determined that the purpose for which the
transferred funds are to be expended remains unchanged; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended the transfer of $20,000 from the Parks
Department operating budget within the General Fund to the Parks Department Spring Canyon
Park Ponds Project within the Capital Project Fund and determined 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 the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the unexpended appropriated amount of SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($75,000) is authorized for transfer from the Nature in the City Program in the Capital
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Projects Fund to the Parks Department Spring Canyon Park Ponds Project within the Capital
Projects Fund and appropriated therein.
Section 3. That the unexpended appropriated amount of TWENTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($20,000) is authorized for transfer from the Parks Department operating budget in the
General Fund to the Parks Department Spring Canyon Park Ponds Project within the Capital
Projects Fund and appropriated therein.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
April, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of May, A.D. 2021.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of May, A.D. 2021.
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