HomeMy WebLinkAbout052 - 05/17/2022 - MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF THE POUDRE RIVER NATIVE FISH PROJECT GRANT IN THE NATURAL AREORDINANCE NO.052, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF THE POUDRE RIVER NATIVE FISH
PROJECT GRANT IN THE NATURAL AREAS FUND
WHEREAS, the City, through the Natural Areas Department, is pursuing the Poudre River
Native Fish Project, a restoration project that supports the health of the Cache la Poudre River by
reintroducing the native plains topminnow and orange -spotted sunfish at the Environmental
Learning Center located near Drake Road and Ziegler Road (the "Poudre River Native Fish
Project"); and
WHEREAS, Colorado Parks and Wildlife ("CPW"), an agency of the State of Colorado,
awarded the Project $200,000 in grant funding in April 2022 ("CPW Grant"); and
WHEREAS, City staff desires an appropriation of the $200,000 of the CPW Grant to
further the Poudre River Native Fish Project; and
WHEREAS, this appropriation benefits the public health, safety and welfare of the
residents of Fort Collins and serves the public purpose by improving the health of the Poudre River
and its ecosystem, which supports the general health of the environment and public health and
welfare, and improves recreational and educational opportunities and experiences of the residents
of Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the City Charter permits the City Council, upon
recommendation of the City Manager, to make a supplemental appropriation by ordinance at any
time during the fiscal year, provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriation, in
combination with all previous appropriations for that fiscal year, do not exceed the current estimate
of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the Interim City Manager has recommended the appropriation described
herein and determined that this appropriation is available and previously unappropriated from the
Natural Areas Fund and will not cause the total amount appropriated in the Natural Areas Fund to
exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues and all other funds to be received
in this Fund during this fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to
designate in the ordinance when appropriating funds for a federal, state or private grant or
donation, that such appropriation shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year in which the
appropriation is made, but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the federal, state or private
grant or the City's expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to designate the appropriation herein for the CPW
Grant for the Poudre River Native Fish Project as an appropriation that shall not lapse until the
earlier of the expiration of the CPW Grant or the City's expenditure of all funds received from
such grant.
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 from new revenue or other funds in the
Natural Areas Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000) to be
expended in the Natural Areas Fund for the Poudre River Native Fish Project from the CPW Grant.
Section 3. That the appropriation herein for Poudre River Native Fish Project is hereby
designated, as authorized in Article V, Section 11 of the City Charter, as an appropriation that shall
not lapse at the end of this fiscal year but continue until the earlier of the expiration of the CPW
Grant or the City's expenditure of all funds received from such grant.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of
May, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of M4 .D. 2022.
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