HomeMy WebLinkAbout146 - 09/15/1998 - APPROPRIATING STORM DRAINAGE FUND PRIOR YEAR RESERVES INTO THE CANAL IMPORTATION BASIN CAPITAL PROJE ORDINANCE NO. 146, 1998
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING STORM DRAINAGE FUND
PRIOR YEAR RESERVES INTO THE CANAL IMPORTATION BASIN
CAPITAL PROJECT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AND RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
THE UPDATE OF THE CANAL IMPORTATION MASTER PLAN
WHEREAS, storm drainage fees are collected in the Canal Importation Basin to fund basin
master plans, drainage improvements and right-of-way acquisition; and
WHEREAS,the Canal Importation Drainage Basin Master Plan includes the installation of
channels and detention ponds to capture and control storm runoff generated in the basin and
recommends capital improvements in the Canal Importation Basin; and
WHEREAS, a drainage channel across the property located on the southeast corner of
Prospect Road and Taft Hill Road known as the Kane Property was included in the Canal
Importation Basin Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Canal Importation Drainage Basin Master Plan needs to be updated to
determine the amount of stormwater flows to be conveyed across the site and to determine if any
detention is required; and
WHEREAS,acquisition of land and right-of-way and construction of improvements on the
Kane Property will facilitate drainage in the vicinity of that property and the outfall for Fairbrooke
Pond; and
WHEREAS, funds to cover these expenditures are available in the Storm Drainage Fund
prior year reserves; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council to appropriate by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year such funds for expenditure as
may be available from reserves accumulated in prior years,notwithstanding that such reserves were
not previously appropriated.
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 Storm
Drainage Fund the sum of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) in the
Canal Importation Basin Capital Projects and to allow the City Manager to acquire right-of-way for
storm drainage facilities.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 1st day of
September, A.D. 1998, and to be presented for final passage on the-� day of September, A.D
1998.
Mayor
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of Seer, A.D. 19A8��
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Mavor
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City Clerk