HomeMy WebLinkAbout009 - 02/06/2001 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK ORDINANCE NO. 9, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND FOR
GATEWAY MOUNTAIN PARK
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins owns a 400-acre site located approximately five miles
up the Poudre Canyon, which property was formerly known as the City's Water Treatment Plant
No.1, a portion of which will be developed as Gateway Mountain Park; and
WHEREAS, in order to make the Park accessible to the public, it will be necessary to
complete a realignment of and substantial improvements to the entry road to the Park from Highway
14(the"Park Road Project"),plans for which originally called for an estimated construction cost of
$1,120,000; and
WHEREAS,City Council adopted Resolution 98-113,on August 18, 1998, authorizing the
City to contract with the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT")for the realignment of
the entry road to Gateway Mountain Park; and
WHEREAS, on September 1, 1998, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 135, 1998,
appropriating$664,000 to be used for improvements associated with the Park Road Project,with the
understanding that the remaining funds ($456,000) would be appropriated in 1999 and 2000; and
WHEREAS, CDOT has previously made available an additional $59,000 in 1999 and
$170,000 in.2000 to be used for the Park Road Project and Council appropriated these funds
pursuant to Ordinance No. 71, 1999, and Ordinance No. 5, 2000; and
WHEREAS, the revised estimate for design and construction of the Park Road Project
reflects a reduction from $1,120,000 to $893,000 due to changes in the original design, lower than
anticipated construction costs, and requests from Great Outdoors Colorado and the Colorado
Division of Wildlife that their funds be used for park development,rather than road improvements;
and
WHEREAS, CDOT has awarded the City with a Colorado Scenic and Historical Byways
Grant, totaling$182,000, of which approximately $10,000 will be used for the Park Road Project,
with remaining dollars to be used for development of Gateway Park; and
WHEREAS,sufficient City funds($78,000)were appropriated in Ordinance No. 135, 1998,
to match 30% of the new grant total; and
WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution 2001-7, on January 16, 2001, authorizing an
intergovernmental agreement between the City of Fort Collins and the Colorado Department of
Transportation for the provision of $182,000 in Scenic and Historical Byways grant funding for
Gateway Mountain Park, including the Park Road Project; 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,do not exceed the then current estimate of actual and anticipated
revenues to be received during the fiscal year; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the Colorado Scenic and Historical
Byways grant funds received from CDOT,totaling$182,000,in the Capital Projects Fund,Gateway
Mountain Park capital project, to be used for the design and development of the access road and
development of Gateway Mountain Park.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in the
Capital Projects Fund, Gateway Mountain Park capital project, the sum of ONE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS($182,000),from Colorado Department of Transportation
Colorado Scenic and Historical Byways grant funds, to be used for the design and development of
the access road and development of Gateway Mountain Park.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 16th day of
January, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of February, A.D. 2001.
Mayor R, -�
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 6th day of February, A.13. 2001.
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