HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-101-11/03/2025-DIRECTING STAFF TO TAKE SUCH EFFORTS AND ACTIONS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE FUNDING, FINANCING, ARESOLUTION 2025-101 j;OF THE COUNCIL,OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DIRECTING STAFF TO TAKE SUCH EFFORTS AND ACTIONS WHICH MAY BE -,11·1, ' REQUIRE IFOR THE FUNDING, FIN�NCING, AND CONSTUCTION OF THE
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A.. 0 JApril 7, 2015, City voters approved Ballot Issue No. 1, and OrdinanceNo. 013, 2015,j�xtending an existing twenty-five hundredths pe�cent (0.25%) sales and use tax. for th� j]purpose of raising revenu!=l for the "Community Capital ImprovementProgram (the "21'' 15 CCIP Tax")." Ordinance No. 013, 2015 includes a requirement that the City constnl 11t a Community Center in southeast Fort Collins focused on innovation,technology, art,j �creation and the creative process, including a large outdoor leisure pool and meeting spaces .dedicated to innovation and creativity (the "SECC"). '!'" ! .ilf,B.Pb�dre School District ("PSD") uses swim lanes at existing City recreationfacilities for hig�(�chool swim team practices and meets, but access to lanes for both PSD and the general 'public is constrained by the current capacity of the City's recreation system. PSD �a,d approximately 1 O acres ,of land available next to Fossil Ridge High School that was1l identified as a• suitable site,for an indoor aquatics facility (the "Land") to serve the Fort Collins community and allow PSD access to indoor lanes for its swim programs (the "Aquatics Facility'').
C.On November 7, 2023, City voters approved Ballot Issue No. 1 (the "2050Tax"), increasing by five tenths percent (0.5%) sales and use tax for various purposes, including the allocation of fifty percent (50%) of revenues raised for the replacement, upgrade, maintenance, and accessibility of parks facilities and for the replacement and construc;:tion of indoor and outdoor recreation and pool facilities.
D.The City, PSD and the Poudre River Public Library District, which wasinterested in co-locating a southeast branch library within the SECC, negotiated an intergovernmental agreement governing the City's acquisition of the Land from PSD for the SECC, the construction of the SECC (including the Aquatics Facility) and the ownership, maintenance and use of the Aquatics Facility (the "SECC IGA"). On December 19, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution 2023-112, authorizing the Mayor to execute the SECC IGA, which was executed by the parties and effective December 20, 2023.
E.On April 16, 2024, by adoption of Resolution 2024-062, and pursuant to theSECC IGA and Resolution 2023-112, Council authorized the City Manager to execute the Purchase and Sale Agreement with PSD for the Land, which was signed on April 30, 2024. 'I
;,.i F.To. move forward with the SECC project (the "SECC Project"}, staffpresented projept scope am:J funding options for its construction to Council at a Work
Session on February 25, 2025, to the Finance Committee on October 2, 2025, and to
Council at a second Work Session on October 14, 2025.
G.Al the October 14, 2025, Work Session, staff presented options to achieve
project goals while managing overall costs (the "Funding Options"), including an option
labelled "Option 1.A.," with a project scope that includes ten indoor lap lanes and an
outdoor pool, an estimated project cost of $76.5 million,. and the following proposed
sources of funding:
OPTION 1.A.
($ in millions)
2050 Tax Fund $46.0
2015 CCIP Tax Fund $9.5
Grant from Department of Local Affairs $2.0
2015 CCIP Project Appropriations $18.0
Recreation Fund $1.0
H.Significant preparations and a series of actions by the City are necessary in
order to effectuate the funding, financing, and construction of a Southeast Community
Center, including the negotiation of necessary agreements with project partners, the
Poudre River Valley Library District and the Poudre School District, planning and securing
financing, and engaging professionals for the design and construction of the project.
I.The Council desires to move forward the preparations and work to develop
and present lo Council for approval of actions needed to proceed with the construction of
the SECC Project. Further, Council wishes to memorialize that the project scope,
estimated project cost, and proposed sources of funding of Option 1.A. is the most optimal
approach to achieve the important project goals while efficiently and effectively managing
project costs in order to balance the many demands on public resources.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the City Council hereby directs City staff to move forward with the
work necessary to prepare and ult imately present to Council for approval the actions
needed to fund, finance, and construct the SECC Project based on the project scope,
estimated project cost, and the proposed sources of funding of Option 1.A.
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Passed and adopted on November 3, 2025.
ATTEST:
Effective Date: November 3, 2025
Approving Attorney: Dianne Criswell
Exhibit: None
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Mayor Pro T em