HomeMy WebLinkAbout001 - 01/21/2003 - APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE OPEN LANDS FUND REPRESENTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE GREAT O ORDINANCE NO. 001, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES IN THE OPEN LANDS FUND
REPRESENTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE
GREAT OUTDOORS COLORADO TRUST FUND
TO BE USED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE, TRAILS, AND
NATURAL AREAS
WHEREAS, the Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (the "GOCO Board")
created a statewide Legacy Project Grant Program designed to further wildlife programs through the
Colorado Division of Wildlife ("DOW"); outdoor recreation programs through the Colorado
Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation ("DPOR"); open space and natural areas programs
through the DPOR,DOW,municipalities,counties,or nonprofit land conservation entities;and local
government open space, trails and other outdoor recreation facilities; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Legacy Project Grant Program is to bring together public and
private organizations in a spirit of cooperation and with a common goal to complete projects of state-
wide benefit; and
WHEREAS, in 1996, the City of Fort Collins, City of Greeley, City of Loveland, Estes
Valley Park and Recreation District,Larimer County,Town of Windsor, Weld County, the Nature
Conservancy, Poudre River Trail Corridor, Inc., DOW, and DPOR submitted a detailed project
application to the GOCO Board for the completion of the project entitled the Poudre-Big Thompson
Rivers Legacy Project, which was approved by the GOCO Board in the amount of$3,400,000, on
October 23, 1996 (the "Phase I Grant"); and
WHEREAS, in September 1998, the Council adopted Resolution 98-128, authorizing the
City Manager to enter into the Poudre-Big Thompson Rivers Legacy Project Grant Agreement with
the GOCO Board, together with the City of Greeley, City of Loveland, Estes Valley Park and
Recreation District,Larimer County,Town of Windsor,Weld County,the Nature Conservancy,and
Poudre River Trail Corridor,Inc.,regarding the Phase I Grant,together with a related Memorandum
of Understanding amongst the grant partners; and
WHEREAS, on January 18, 2000, the Council adopted Resolution 2000-14, authorizing
amendments to the existing grant and agreements, including approval by the GOCO Board of an
additional $2,500,000 (the "Phase H Grant") to provide for the completion of additional riparian
corridor protection, trail construction, and environmental learning site improvements; and
WHEREAS,the Phase I Grant and the Phase H Grant,collectively referred to as the"Legacy
Grant Project", provide for reimbursement to participating grant recipients for a portion of the cost
of acquiring open space or natural area properties,consistent with the work plan for the Legacy Grant
Project; and
WHEREAS, in 1996, the City of Fort Collins acquired approximately 30.6 acres of land
located east of Lemay Avenue and south of Mulberry Avenue, and known as Nix Natural Area, for
the purchase price of$475,515; and
WHEREAS,also in 1996,the City purchased an undivided 32%interest in 98.29 acres of land
between Mulberry Avenue and Prospect Road to the east and west adjacent to Timberline Road,for
the purchase price of$400,000, and accepted the donation of an additional 68% undivided interest
in the property; and
WHEREAS, since 1996, the City has used 4.2 acres of the aforementioned property as part
of the extension of Timberline Road, and designated the remainder of the property as two separate
natural areas, Kingfisher Point Natural Area and Cattail Chorus Natural Area; and
WHEREAS,in 1998,the City acquired approximately 17.5 acres of land located north of the
Cache La Poudre River to east of Shields Street, and referred to as the McMurry Annex/Ackerman
Court Property, for the purchase price of$250,000; and
WHEREAS, staff, in consultation with the staff of the GOCO Board identified the
aforementioned properties as land for which a portion of the acquisition costs, totaling $772,000,
may appropriately be reimbursed under the Legacy Grant Project, as follows:
Nix Natural Area (29.94 acres) $ 394,500
Cattail Chorus Natural Area (34.48 acres) 135,000
McMurry Annex/Ackerman Court Property (17.5 acres) 242,500
Total $ 772,000
and
WHEREAS, additionally, City Council approved the appropriation of a reimbursement by
the GOCO Board under the Legacy Grant Project for a portion (80 acres) of the Cathy Fromme
Prairie, in 2000, via Ordinance No. 49, 2000, in the amount of$235,000; and
WHEREAS,following further negotiations between City staff and the GOCO Board,GOCO
has awarded the City an additional $15,000 reimbursement, associated with the 80-acre portion of
the Cathy Fromme Prairie; and
WHEREAS, the City received reimbursement in the amount of$787,000 from the GOCO
Board in 2002,for the properties described above,and said funds were deposited in the City's Open
Lands Fund; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 9, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins (the "Charter")
permits the 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; and
WHEREAS,it is the desire of the Council to appropriate$787,000 from prior year reserves
in the Open Lands Fund to be used for the acquisition of open space, trails, and natural areas.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated from prior year reserves in the Open Lands Fund, the
sum of SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS($787,000)to be used for
the acquisition of open space trails, and natural areas.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
January, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st y of January, D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of January, A.D. 2003.
Acting yor
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City Clerk