HomeMy WebLinkAbout129 - 10/03/2000 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE FOR A BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT PILOT PROGRAM IN THE DOWNTOWN ORDINANCE NO. 129, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND
FOR A BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT PILOT PROGRAM
IN THE DOWNTOWN RIVER CORRIDOR
WHEREAS,on July 18,2000,the City Council adopted Resolution 2000-95,approving the
Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown River Corridor Implementation Program identified as a top
priority project the completion of environmental assessments throughout the river corridor area to
determine the extent of contamination concerns and the necessary level of cleanup to meet the
community's goals; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsors the Brownfields Pilot
Program to empower communities and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work
together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and promote the sustainable use of brownfields; and
WHEREAS,the EPA defines brownfields as abandoned,idled,or under-used industrial and
commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived
environmental contamination; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins submitted an application to the EPA and has been
awarded a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the EPA to begin the process of assessing the
contamination concerns in the Downtown River Corridor; and
WHEREAS, the overall goal of the two-year program is to remove the environmental and
psychological barriers discouraging revitalization of the Downtown River Corridor; and
WHEREAS, this work will be completed by an interdepartmental team including Natural
Resources,Advance Planning, Engineering,Utilities, Transportation Planning, Risk Management,
Parks and Recreation, and the City Attorney's Office; and
WHEREAS,Article V, Section 9,of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins permits the City
Council to make supplemental appropriations by ordinance at any time during the fiscal year,
provided that the total amount of such supplemental appropriations,in combination with all previous
appropriations for that fiscal year,does not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from unanticipated grant revenue in the General Fund
the sum of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) for expenditure in the
General Fund for a brownfields assessment pilot program in the Downtown River Corridor.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
September, A.D. and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of October, A.D. 2000.
Mayor Pro Tern
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of October, A.D. 2 0.
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City Clerk