HomeMy WebLinkAbout045 - 05/21/2002 - A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH COLORADO STATE PARKS AND APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE CONSERVAT ORDINANCE NO. 045, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING
A GRANT AGREEMENT WI TH COLORADO STATE PARKS AND
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED REVENUE
IN THE CONSERVATION TRUST FUND TRAIL ACQUISITION
AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Policy Plan, adopted by City Council in 1996,
identifies trails that link Fort Collins to surrounding communities, including Laporte; and
WHEREAS, the City's Parks and Recreation Policy Plan identifies the extension of the
Poudre River Trail to Laporte as an important component of the City's trail system; and
WHEREAS,the Laporte Area Planning Commission and residents of the Laporte area have
expressed support for the trail as a needed recreation facility and as a pedestrian/bike friendly route
to access Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS,the trail connection will start on the west side of Taft Hill Road where the trail
will follow the abandoned rail line north and west until it enters the Hyde Natural Area where the
trail will continue west, cross the Poudre River, go under the north abutment of the Overland Trail
Road Bridge and terminate at Lions Park ; and
WHEREAS,the trail will be 10-foot wide concrete with an adjacent 5-foot wide gravel path
to allow for safe usage by walkers, runners, bikes and rollerblades; and
WHEREAS,the total cost for the 1.5 mile trail connection on the Poudre Trail from Taft Hill
Road to Lions Park in Laporte is estimated at$700,000; and
WHEREAS, the City was awarded a grant of $90,000 from Colorado State Parks for
developing a trail connection on the Poudre Trail from Taft Hill Road to Lions Park in Laporte;and
WHEREAS,the remaining$610,000 needed for the City's share of the project for developing
the trail connection on the Poudre Trail from Taft Hill Road to Lions Park is already appropriated
and available in the Conservation Trust Fund; and
WHEREAS,the intergovernmental agreement proposed by Colorado State Parks for the grant
requires that any lands used for this Project will not be converted to any non-recreational use with
out prior written approval of the State; and
WHEREAS, the proposed grant agreement further requires that work on the project must
begin within one calendar year of the effective date of the agreement,or the grant can be terminated;
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, City staff has determined that the appropriation of the Colorado State Parks
Grant funds as described herein will not cause the total amount appropriated in the relevant funds
to exceed the current estimate of actual and anticipated revenues to be received during any fiscal
year; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of$90,000 in Colorado
State Parks Grant funds in the Conservation Trust Fund to be used in developing a trail connection
on the Poudre Trail from Taft Hill Road to Lions Park in Laporte.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement
with Colorado State Parks for the receipt of Colorado State Parks Grant funds to be used for the
development of a trail connection on the Poudre Trail from Taft Hill Road to Lions Park in Laporte
consistent with the terms of this Ordinance,together with such additional terms or conditions as the
City Manager,in consultation with the City Attorney,deems appropriate or necessary to protect the
interests of the City.
Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Conservation Trust Fund, Trail Acquisition and Development project the sum of NINETY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($90,000) from Colorado State Parks to be used in developing a trail
connection on the Poudre Trail from Taft Hill Road to Lions Park in Laporte.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 19th day of
March, A.D. 2002 and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of May, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Lept .,
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21 st day of May, A.D. 2002.
Mayor 1_
ATTEST:
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