HomeMy WebLinkAbout149 - 11/01/1994 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES FOR A REGIONAL PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROJECT ORDINANCE NO. 149, 1994
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES FOR
A REGIONAL PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins and surrounding areas are experiencing
significant development and urban growth pressures; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is concerned about the preservation of community
identity and physical separation between existing cities and towns in the region;
and
WHEREAS, on June 7, 1994, the City Council adopted Resolution 94-90
endorsing the regional Planning and Growth Management initiative for a regional
project designed to preserve the distinct identities of the communities ("the
Project") ; and
WHEREAS, the total cost of the Project is $75,000; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Local Affairs will provide a $25,000
grant to the Town of Windsor for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the balance of $50,000 is being shared based on a per-capita
formula among the cities of Greeley, Loveland, Fort Collins; the towns of
Berthoud, Evans, Milliken, and Wellington; and Larimer County; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins' estimated share of the cost is $25,000; and
WHEREAS-, there are adequate funds in the General Fund Reserve for
Contingencies to fund this request; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 7, of the Charter authorizes the City Council
to provide by ordinance for payment of any expense from reserves accumulated in
prior years, notwithstanding that such reserves were not appropriated for
expenditure in the annual appropriation ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from prior year reserves in the
General Fund the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) to share in the
cost of a Regional Planning and Growth Management Project.
introduced, considered tavorabTy on =ayor
, and order published
this 18th day of October, A.D. , 1994, and ed for f' al assage on
the 1st day of November, A.D. , 1994.
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Passed and adopted on Final Reading this 1st d of November A$ 1994.
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