HomeMy WebLinkAbout044 - 04/02/2002 - APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE BUILDING COMMUNITY CHOICES COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEME ORDINANCE NO. 044, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROPRIATING UNANTICIPATED GRANT REVENUE IN THE
BUILDING COMMUNITY CHOICES COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
AND APPROVING PROJECTS FOR THE BUILDING COMMUNITY CHOICES
COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
WHEREAS,in April 1997,the voters of the City of Fort Collins approved a one-quarter cent
sales and use tax (the "Building Community Choices Capital Improvements Tax") to fund the
construction of certain capital improvement projects identified in Ordinance No. 29, 1997; and
WHEREAS, among the projects identified in Ordinance No. 29, 1997, was the Community
Park Improvements project,which would add improvements to City-owned community parks(City
Park,Edora,Lee Martinez, and Rolland Moore), including, but not limited to, ballfield and parking
lot renovations, ballfield lighting upgrades and restroom improvements; and
WHEREAS, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 149, 2000, on November 7, 2000,
appropriating$275,000 from prior year reserves in the Capital Expansion Fund for community park
improvements, to be used with existing appropriations of $60,000 in the Building Community
Choices-City/Poudre School District Community Project and$50,000 in the Building Community
Choices -Community Park Improvements project,to construct a new skate park at Edora Park; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of the Edora Skate Park, the City was to receive a $50,000
grant from Great Outdoors Colorado ("GOCO") as reimbursement for costs charged against
appropriations in the Building Community Choices - Community Park Improvement project; and
WHEREAS,the City has received$50,000 in grant proceeds from Great Outdoors Colorado;
and
WHEREAS,staff recommends that the aforementioned GOCO grant received for the Edora
Skate Park project be appropriated in the Building Community Choices - Community Park
Improvements project as reimbursement for Building Community Choices - Community Park
Improvements funds previously spent for the Edora Skate Park project,bringing the total available
appropriations in that project to $295,371; 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; and
WHEREAS,City staff has determined that the appropriation of the Great Outdoors Colorado
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, Section 2(a) of Ordinance No. 29, 1997, requires that the design, cost, and
scheduling of projects identified in the said ordinance be determined by the City Council;provided
that no decision regarding the design or cost of any of the projects substantially changes the character
or eliminates components of the projects; and
WHEREAS, Parks and Recreation staff has developed management plans for the City's
community parks that include prioritized lists of improvements needed at each park,and propose the
following list of improvements to be funded from the Building Community Choices - Community
Park Improvements project:
Rolland Moore Park- tennis court improvements $ 100,000
Rolland Moore Park - develop additional parking 100,000
City Park - construct a basketball court 35,000
Lee Martinez Park - construct sidewalk improvements in
compliance with ADA requirements 25,000
Total $ 260,000
WHEREAS, the aforementioned projects were presented for discussion to the Parks and
Recreation Board on February 27,2002,and the Parks and Recreation Board recommended approval
of the projects by the City Council; and
WHEREAS,existing appropriations,together with the aforementioned$50,000 GOCO grant
receipts, totaling $295,371, are available in the Building Community Choices - Community Park
Improvements project; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to appropriate the sum of $50,000 in Great
Outdoors Colorado Grant funds in the Building Community Choices - Community Park
Improvements project to be used with existing appropriations to construct community park
improvements, and it is further the Council's desire to approve the use of existing appropriations,
totaling$260,000,in the Building Community Choices-Community Park Improvements project to
construct tennis court improvements($100,000)and additional parking($100,000)at Rolland Moore
Park;to construct a basketball court($35,000)at City Park;and to construct sidewalk improvements
($25,000) at Lee Martinez Park.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from unanticipated revenue in
the Capital Projects Fund-Building Community Choices-Community Park Improvements project
the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000) from Great Outdoors Colorado to be used
as reimbursement for expenses incurred in constructing the skate park at Edora Park.
Section 2. That the Council hereby approves the following projects to be implemented as
Community Park Improvement Projects in accordance with Ordinance No. 29, 1997:
Rolland Moore Park - tennis court improvements $ 100,000
Rolland Moore Park - develop additional parking $ 100,000
City Park - construct a basketball court $ 35,000
Lee Martinez Park - construct sidewalk improvements
in compliance with ADA requirements $ 25,000
Total $ 260,000
Introduced and 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 2nd day of April, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of April, A. . 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk